instant_vote_score_changes.py

import praw
import time
import os

os.environ['TZ'] = 'UTC'
time.tzset()

def login():
    # You'll need to use your own login credentials

r = login()
subreddit = r.get_subreddit('bitcoin') # needs to be subreddits that you moderate, or that doesn't temporarily hide vote scores.

timeframeNewest = (60*0)
timeframeOldest = (60*3) # release comments older than 3 minutes

commentIDs_downvoted = []
commentIDs_upvoted = []
targeted_downvotes = []
targeted_upvotes = []
preprocessed = []

# ignore comments made before script was started
new_comments = subreddit.get_comments(limit=10)
for comment in new_comments:
    preprocessed.append(comment.id)

def get_comments(subreddit):
    new_comments = subreddit.get_comments(limit=10) # increase this if the sub gets more than 10 comments in 3 minutes
    for comment in new_comments:
        if comment.id not in commentIDs_downvoted and comment.id not in commentIDs_upvoted and comment.id not in preprocessed:
            now = int(time.time())
            comment_score = comment.ups - comment.downs
            if (now - timeframeOldest) < comment.created_utc < (now - timeframeNewest) and comment_score < 1:
                comment_age = time.time() - comment.created_utc
                print comment_score, comment_age, time.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(comment.created_utc)), comment.author, comment.permalink
                commentIDs_downvoted.append(comment.id)
                if str(comment.author) not in targeted_downvotes:
                    targeted_downvotes.append(str(comment.author))
            elif (now - timeframeOldest) < comment.created_utc < (now - timeframeNewest) and comment_score > 1:
                comment_age = time.time() - comment.created_utc
                print comment_score, comment_age, time.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(comment.created_utc)), comment.author, comment.permalink
                commentIDs_upvoted.append(comment.id)
                if str(comment.author) not in targeted_upvotes:
                    targeted_upvotes.append(str(comment.author))

while True:
    while True:
        try:
            get_comments(subreddit)
            time.sleep(2)
        except:
            print "crashed..."
            continue
        break