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subreddits of user using PRAW or R

How to get subreddits of a redditor from PRAW using python or RedditextractoR package in R.

Iam using these comments for sentiment analysis using reddit and need subbreddits a particular user is involved in.

I got comments posts and users using RedditextractoR package in R, But unable to get the information above.

Solution

  • This answer is outdated and no longer working

    This worked for me:

    import praw

user_name = "user_name_to_get"
user_agent = "subreddit analyzer"

r = praw.Reddit(user_agent=user_agent)
user = r.get_redditor(user_name)

subs = set()

try:
    overview = user.get_overview()

    for item in overview:
        subs.add(item.subreddit.display_name)

except praw.errors.NotFound:
    print("Unable to find user")

print subs