Hideous Creation

import requests
import json
import pprint
import Image
import base64
import time

#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def GET(url, params={}):
    """GET with exceptions raised, returns request obj"""
    print 'starting GET'
    r = requests.get(url, params=params)

    r.raise_for_status()

    return r

#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def POST(url, params, **kwargs):
    """POST something"""

    print 'Starting POST'
    #print kwargs
    if 'cookies' in kwargs:
        cookies = kwargs['cookies']
        r = requests.post(url, params, cookies=cookies)  # auth=('tankorsmash', 'qwerty'))

    r = requests.post(url, params, )  # auth=('tankorsmash', 'qwerty'))

    #print '\nCookies:'
    #pprint.pprint(r.cookies)
    #print '\n'

    #print '\nText:'
    #pprint.pprint(r.text)
    #print '\n'

    #print '\nHeaders'
    #pprint.pprint(r.headers)
    #print '\n'

    return r


#login ###########################
print 'Login start'
url = r'http://www.reddit.com/api/login/'
payload = {'user': 'USERNAME',
           'passwd': 'PASSWORD',
           'api_type': 'json'}

r = POST(url, payload)
redCook = r.cookies
print 'cookies:', r.cookies
#print 'Login JSON text'
j = json.loads(r.text)
print '\nlogin response',
pprint.pprint(j)
##pprint.pprint(j['json']['data']['modhash'])
##print r.headers
#mh = j['json']['data']['modhash']
mh = 'skhwyejg9q5b493648a583a537c0e0f33b51106ff0c55cf833'
##print mh

#submission #######################
print '\nstart submit'
url = r'http://www.reddit.com/api/submit'
payload = {'title' : 'Does this work?',
           'text': '{}'.format(time.asctime()),
           'sr': 'tankorsmash',
           'kind': 'self',
           'uh': mh,
           'r': 'tankorsmash',
           }
print 'hash and cookies', mh, redCook
POST(url, payload, cookies=redCook)

#print 'Submit JSON text'
j = json.loads(r.text)
#print 'headers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
#pprint.pprint(r.headers)
##from pyquery import PyQuery as pq
##d = pq(r.content)
pprint.pprint(j)
#print '5435345234523'
#print j