import requests

def api_login(base_url, username, password):
    login_url = f"{base_url}/api.pl"
    login_params = {
        'm': 'auth',
        'op': 'login',
        'nick': username,
        'pass': password
    }
    response = requests.get(login_url, params=login_params)
    response.raise_for_status()
    return response.cookies

def get_comments_audit(base_url, cookies, comment_id, limit):
    audit_url = f"{base_url}/api.pl"
    audit_params = {
        'm': 'admin',
        'op': 'get_comments_audit',
        'cid': comment_id,
        'limit': limit
    }
    response = requests.get(audit_url, params=audit_params, cookies=cookies)
    response.raise_for_status()
    return response.json()

# Usage example
base_url = 'https://dev.soylentnews.org'
username = 'user'
password = 'password'

try:
    cookies = api_login(base_url, username, password)
    comments_audit = get_comments_audit(base_url, cookies, comment_id=31675, limit=2)
    print(comments_audit)
except requests.RequestException as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")