prompts.py

#python reddit api wrapper
import praw
#to choose from a random prompt
import random

import os

#reddit bot id, secret, and username and password for my account
REDDIT_ID = os.environ.get('REDDIT_ID')
REDDIT_SECRET = os.environ.get('REDDIT_SECRET')
REDDIT_PWD = os.environ.get('REDDIT_PWD')
REDDIT_USERNAME = os.environ.get('REDDIT_USERNAME')


def promptgen():
    #reddit instance
    reddit = praw.Reddit(client_id= REDDIT_ID,
                        client_secret= REDDIT_SECRET,
                        password= REDDIT_PWD,
                        user_agent='CreatiBot',
                        username= REDDIT_USERNAME)

    #gets subreddit instance
    subreddit = reddit.subreddit('writingprompts')

    #newest 50 writing prompts
    new50prompts = []

    #for submission in the Writing Prompts flair, get list of prompts, stripping [WP] from the front
    for submission in subreddit.search('flair:"Writing Prompt"', limit=50):
        new50prompts.append(submission.title.replace("[WP]", ''))

    return random.choice(new50prompts)