post-cron.py

import praw
import logging
from discord_bot import DiscordBot
import time
import gc

logging.basicConfig(filename='reddit.log',level=logging.INFO,
                    format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s : %(message)s', datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p')
mPath = '/home/giovanni/ServerStuff/RecruitmentBot/reddit-easy-post-1.0/'
# open the config file as read-only
config_file = open(mPath+'/config.txt', 'r')
config_settings = config_file.readlines()
config_file.close()

# make sure all of the configuration fields have been filled
for config in config_settings:
	if config[-2:] == '=\n' and config[:10] != 'submission':
		raise Exception('Configuration field left blank!')

# begin parsing the information from the configuration file into usable variables
# note the '.rstrip()' method being called on each string - this removes any newlines
username = config_settings[0][9:].rstrip()
password = config_settings[1][9:].rstrip()
client_id = config_settings[2][10:].rstrip()
client_secret = config_settings[3][14:].rstrip()
subreddit = config_settings[4][10:].rstrip()

interval = float(56*3600)

while(True):
    time_start = time.time()
    try:
        # login to reddit...
        reddit = praw.Reddit(client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret, password=password, username=username,
                            user_agent="User")

        # create an instance of the subreddit class and submit the post!
        target_subreddit = reddit.subreddit(subreddit)

        postPath = mPath+'/post'
        title_file = open(postPath+'/title.txt', 'r')
        title = title_file.read()
        title_file.close()
        pictureList = [{"image_path": postPath+'/imgs/1.jpg'},{"image_path":postPath+'/imgs/2.jpg'},{"image_path":postPath+'/imgs/3.jpg'},]

        submission = target_subreddit.submit_gallery(title, pictureList)
        post = submission
        comment_file = open(postPath+'/reply.txt', 'r')
        comment = comment_file.read()
        comment_file.close()

        submission.reply(comment)

        # output to the logfile
        logging.info('Successful post to /r/{}'.format(subreddit))

        client = DiscordBot('%', "@here upvote please-> https://www.reddit.com"+post.permalink)
        client.run(YOUR DISCORD TOKEN)

    except Exception as err:
        # if something went wrong with reddit, put the exception in the log file
        logging.error(err)
    logging.info(f"object deallocated: {gc.collect()}") 
    time_elapsed = time.time()-time_start
    logging.info(f"time elapsed: {time_elapsed:.2f}")
    if(time_elapsed < interval):
        time.sleep(interval-time_elapsed)