reddit_api_k-means.py

>>> import praw
>>> reddit = praw.Reddit(client_id='client id', #1
...                      client_secret='client secret',
...                      user_agent='user agent')

Version 7.1.0 of praw is outdated. Version 7.2.0 was released Wednesday February 24, 2021.
>>> def replies_of(top_level_comment, comment_list): #2
...     if len(top_level_comment.replies) == 0:
...         return
...     else:
...         for num, comment in enumerate(top_level_comment.replies):
...             try:
...                 comment_list.append(str(comment.body))
...             except:
...                 continue
...             replies_of(comment, comment_list)
...
>>> list_of_subreddit = ['showerthoughts', 'wallstreetbets', 'askreddit', 'jokes', 'worldnews']
>>> comment_list = []
>>> for j in list_of_subreddit:
...     top_posts = reddit.subreddit(j).top('day', limit=1)  #3
...     for submission in top_posts:
...             submission_comm = reddit.submission(id=submission.id)
...             for count, top_level_comment in enumerate(submission_comm.comments):
...                     try:
...                             replies_of(top_level_comment, comment_list)
...                     except:
...                             continue
...
>>> comment_list[0:5]
["It's all fun and games until sanitation commissioner Simpson blows the annual budget in the first month.", 
 'The garbage man can and he does it with a smile 😁', 'And never judges yoooouuuuu', 
 'He does. He thinks you should be eating more fruits and veggies. Also you should shred your mail, people can get a ton of information from it.',
 '*FBI has entered the chat*\n\nlol']
>>> len(comment_list)
1556