Modmail¶

class praw.models.reddit.subreddit.Modmail(subreddit)¶

Provides modmail functions for a Subreddit.

For example, to send a new modmail from r/test to u/spez with the subject "test" along with a message body of "hello":

reddit.subreddit("test").modmail.create(subject="test", body="hello", recipient="spez")

Parameters:: subreddit (models.Subreddit)

__call__(id=None, *, mark_read=False)¶

Return an individual conversation.

Parameters:

id (str | None) – A reddit base36 conversation ID, e.g., "2gmz".
mark_read (bool) – If True, conversation is marked as read (default: False).

Return type:

ModmailConversation

For example:

reddit.subreddit("test").modmail("2gmz", mark_read=True)

To print all messages from a conversation as Markdown source:

conversation = reddit.subreddit("test").modmail("2gmz", mark_read=True)
for message in conversation.messages:
    print(message.body_markdown)

ModmailConversation.user is a special instance of Redditor with extra attributes describing the non-moderator user’s recent posts, comments, and modmail messages within the subreddit, as well as information on active bans and mutes. This attribute does not exist on internal moderator discussions.

For example, to print the user’s ban status:

conversation = reddit.subreddit("test").modmail("2gmz", mark_read=True)
print(conversation.user.ban_status)

To print a list of recent submissions by the user:

conversation = reddit.subreddit("test").modmail("2gmz", mark_read=True)
print(conversation.user.recent_posts)

__init__(subreddit)¶

Initialize a Modmail instance.

Parameters:: subreddit (Subreddit)
Return type:: None

bulk_read(*, other_subreddits=None, state=None)¶

Mark conversations for subreddit(s) as read.

Note

Due to server-side restrictions, r/all is not a valid subreddit for this method. Instead, use subreddits() to get a list of subreddits using the new modmail.

Parameters:

other_subreddits (list[Subreddit | str] | None) – A list of Subreddit instances for which to mark conversations (default: None).
state (str | None) – Can be one of: "all", "archived", or "highlighted", "inprogress", "join_requests", "mod", "new", "notifications", or "appeals" (default: "all"). "all" does not include internal, archived, or appeals conversations.

Return type:

list[ModmailConversation]

Returns:

A list of ModmailConversation instances that were marked read.

For example, to mark all notifications for a subreddit as read:

subreddit = reddit.subreddit("test")
subreddit.modmail.bulk_read(state="notifications")

conversations(*, other_subreddits=None, sort=None, state=None, **generator_kwargs)¶

Generate ModmailConversation objects for subreddit(s).

Parameters:

other_subreddits (list[Subreddit] | None) – A list of Subreddit instances for which to fetch conversations (default: None).
sort (str | None) – Can be one of: "mod", "recent", "unread", or "user" (default: "recent").
state (str | None) – Can be one of: "all", "archived", "highlighted", "inprogress", "join_requests", "mod", "new", "notifications", or "appeals" (default: "all"). "all" does not include internal, archived, or appeals conversations.
generator_kwargs (Any)

Return type:

Iterator[ModmailConversation]

Additional keyword arguments are passed in the initialization of ListingGenerator.

For example:

conversations = reddit.subreddit("all").modmail.conversations(state="mod")

create(*, author_hidden=False, body, recipient, subject)¶

Create a new ModmailConversation.

Parameters:

author_hidden (bool) – When True, author is hidden from non-moderators (default: False).
body (str) – The message body. Cannot be empty.
recipient (str | Redditor) – The recipient; a username or an instance of Redditor.
subject (str) – The message subject. Cannot be empty.

Return type:

ModmailConversation

Returns:

A ModmailConversation object for the newly created conversation.

subreddit = reddit.subreddit("test")
redditor = reddit.redditor("bboe")
subreddit.modmail.create(subject="Subject", body="Body", recipient=redditor)

subreddits()¶

Yield subreddits using the new modmail that the user moderates.

For example:

subreddits = reddit.subreddit("all").modmail.subreddits()

Return type:: Iterator[Subreddit]

unread_count()¶

Return unread conversation count by conversation state.

At time of writing, possible states are: "archived", "highlighted", "inprogress", "join_requests", "mod", "new", "notifications", or "appeals".

Return type:: dict[str, int]
Returns:: A dict mapping conversation states to unread counts.

For example, to print the count of unread moderator discussions:

subreddit = reddit.subreddit("test")
unread_counts = subreddit.modmail.unread_count()
print(unread_counts["mod"])