Reddit API Login

import requests
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def login(username, password):
    """logs into reddit, saves cookie"""

    print 'begin log in'
    #username and password
    UP = {'user': username, 'passwd': password, 'api_type': 'json',}

    #POST with user/pwd

    r = requests.post('http://www.reddit.com/api/login', data=UP)

    #read this to make sure no errors
    print r.text


login('USERNAMEHERE', 'PASSWORDHERE')