reddit_encode_plaintext.py

"""
CSEC 791 MS Project
Grace Lombardi
Reddit Covert Channel
Encode Plaintext
"""
import praw

import reddit_config


def authenticate():
    """
    This function authenticates to the reddit api.
    """
    reddit = praw.Reddit(client_id=reddit_config.client_id,
                         client_secret=reddit_config.client_secret,
                         user_agent=reddit_config.user_agent,
                         redirect_uri=reddit_config.redirect_uri,
                         refresh_token=reddit_config.refresh_token)
    return reddit


def get_message_input():
    """
    This function prompts the user for a message to encode and then returns a list of all characters
    in the message.
    """
    message = input("Enter the message to encode: ")
    message = message.replace(" ", "")
    chars = list(message)
    return chars


def main():
    """
    This is the main encoding function.
    """
    mil_alphabet = {'a': 'alpha', 'b': 'bravo', 'c': 'charlie', 'd': 'delta', 'e': 'echo',
                    'f': 'foxtrot', 'g': 'golf', 'h': 'hotel', 'i': 'india', 'j': 'juliet',
                    'k': 'kilo', 'l': 'lima', 'm': 'mike', 'n': 'november', 'o': 'oscar',
                    'p': 'papa', 'q': 'quebec', 'r': 'romeo', 's': 'sierra', 't': 'tango',
                    'u': 'uniform', 'v': 'victor', 'w': 'whiskey', 'x': 'xray', 'y': 'yankee',
                    'z': 'zulu'}
    message = get_message_input()
    reddit = authenticate()
    for letter in message:
        comment = mil_alphabet[letter]
        submission = reddit.submission("dgx575")
        submission.reply(body=comment)

    print("Finished Adding Comments to Hide Message")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()