redknight99 · November 15, 2019 00:40 · Nov 15, 2019
diff --git a/simple_python_reddit_api_example.py b/simple_python_reddit_api_example.py
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+import requests
+import requests.auth
+
+"""
+    This is a simple non-PRAW Reddit API example using Python and the Python module Requests.
+    
+    SECURITY NOTE: client_token, client_secret, password, username, accesss_token are all taken from the URL:
+    https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/wiki/OAuth2-Quick-Start-Example and should be
+    be replace by your own.
+"""
+
+# You'll find your client secret and client token at reddit.com/prefs/apps
+client_token = 'p-jcoLKBynTLew'   
+client_secret = 'gko_LXELoV07ZBNUXrvWZfzE3aI' 
+client_auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(client_token, client_secret)
+
+password = "snoo"
+username = "reddit_bot"
+
+post_data = {"grant_type": "password", "username": username, "password": password}
+headers = {"User-Agent": "ChangeMeClient/0.1 by YourUsername"}
+response = requests.post("https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/access_token", auth=client_auth, data=post_data, headers=headers)
+
+# We're just assuming that we got a HTTP 200 response from auth
+# Anyone using this should implement their own error handling. 
+print("The response we got was: " + str(response.json()) )
+
+"""
+Response should be something like: 
+
+{u'access_token': u'fhTdafZI-0ClEzzYORfBSCR7x3M',
+ u'expires_in': 3600,
+ u'scope': u'*',
+ u'token_type': u'bearer'}
+"""
+
+access_token = "bearer " + str(response.json()["access_token"]) 
+headers = {"Authorization": access_token, "User-Agent": "ChangeMeClient/0.1 by YourUsername"}
+response = requests.get("https://oauth.reddit.com/api/v1/me", headers=headers)
+print("The response we got was: " + str(response.json()) )
+