I came across a function that fetches the top images from reddit, with its API.
sr='pics'
sorting=''
url = r'http://www.reddit.com/r/{sr}/{top}.json'.format(sr=sr, top=sorting)
However I found that early on the original coder posted something like this:
#'sorting' is whether or not the sorting of the reddit should be customized or not,
# if it is: Allowed passing params/queries such as t=hour, week, month, year or all"""
I'm not sure about how to use these other 'sorting' commands or where I can find more on how to use them. I'm not even sure if I should look more about the 'sorting' as part of json/reddit/python notation.
What I'd like to do is to not only get the top images which are defined by sorting='', but the bottom images as well (sort other way around, if possible) through another query.
If you go to a subreddit normally and click on top and then links from 'this week' the URL is
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/top/?sort=top&t=week
If I change top/ to top.json
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/top.json?sort=top&t=week
I get the JSON equivalent. However, controversial links from the week URL is
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/controversial/?sort=controversial&t=week
which becomes
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/controversial.json?sort=controversial&t=week
So it does not appear that getting the bottom is possible from this test.
Like @Martijn commented. This is an reddit API issue and not a Python or JSON issue.