Change Log

4.6.0 (2017/07/04)

The release’s sole purpose is to announce the deprecation of the is_link parameter as described below:

Added

• SubredditFlair.link_templates to manage link flair templates.

Deprecated

• is_link parameter of SubredditRedditorFlairTemplates.add() and SubredditRedditorFlairTemplates.clear(). Use SubredditLinkFlairTemplates instead.

4.5.1 (2017/05/07)

Fixed

• Calling parent() works on Comment instances obtained via comment_replies().

4.5.0 (2017/04/29)

Added

• bulk_read() to get unread count by conversation state.
• bulk_read() to mark conversations as read by conversation state.
• subreddits() to fetch subreddits using new modmail.
• create() to create a new modmail conversation.
• read() to mark modmail conversations as read.
• unread() to mark modmail conversations as unread.
• conversations() to get new modmail conversations.
• highlight() to highlight modmail conversations.
• unhighlight() to unhighlight modmail conversations.
• mute() to mute modmail conversations.
• unmute() to unmute modmail conversations.
• archive() to archive modmail conversations.
• unarchive() to unarchive modmail conversations.
• reply() to reply to modmail conversations.
• __call__() to get a new modmail conversation.
• Inbox.stream() to stream new items in the inbox.
• Exponential request delay to all streams when no new items are returned in a request. The maximum delay between requests is 66 seconds.

Changed

• submit() accepts selftext='' to create a title-only submission.
• Reddit accepts requestor_class=cls for a customized requestor class and requestor_kwargs={'param': value} for passing arguments to requestor initialization.
• comments(), submissions(), and stream() accept a pause_after argument to allow pausing of the stream. The default value of None retains the preexisting behavior.

Deprecated

• cloudsearch will no longer be the default syntax for Subreddit.search() in PRAW 5. Instead lucene will be the default syntax so that PRAW’s default is aligned with Reddit’s default.

Fixed

• Fix bug where WikiPage revisions with deleted authors caused TypeError.
• Submission attributes comment_limit and comment_sort maintain their values after making instances non-lazy.

4.4.0 (2017/02/21)

Added

• LiveThreadContribution.update() to update settings of a live thread.
• reset_timestamp to limits to provide insight into when the current rate limit window will expire.
• upload_mobile_header() to upload subreddit mobile header.
• upload_mobile_icon() to upload subreddit mobile icon.
• delete_mobile_header() to remove subreddit mobile header.
• delete_mobile_icon() to remove subreddit mobile icon.
• LiveUpdateContribution.strike() to strike a content of a live thread.
• LiveContributorRelationship.update() to update contributor permissions for a redditor.
• LiveContributorRelationship.update_invite() to update contributor invite permissions for a redditor.
• LiveThread.discussions() to get submissions linking to the thread.
• LiveThread.report() to report the thread violating the Reddit rules.
• LiveHelper.now() to get the currently featured live thread.
• LiveHelper.info() to fetch information about each live thread in live thread IDs.

Fixed

• Uploading an image resulting in too large of a request (>500 KB) now raises prawcore.TooLarge instead of an AssertionError.
• Uploading an invalid image raises APIException.
• Redditor instances obtained via moderator (e.g., reddit.subreddit('subreddit').moderator()) will contain attributes with the relationship metadata (e.g., mod_permissions).
• Message instances retrieved from the inbox now have attributes author, dest replies and subreddit properly converted to their appropriate PRAW model.

4.3.0 (2017/01/19)

Added

• LiveContributorRelationship.leave() to abdicate the live thread contributor position.
• LiveContributorRelationship.remove() to remove the redditor from the live thread contributors.
• limits to provide insight into number of requests made and remaining in the current rate limit window.
• LiveThread.contrib to obtain an instance of LiveThreadContribution.
• LiveThreadContribution.add() to add an update to the live thread.
• LiveThreadContribution.close() to close the live thread permanently.
• LiveUpdate.contrib to obtain an instance of LiveUpdateContribution.
• LiveUpdateContribution.remove() to remove a live update.
• LiveContributorRelationship.accept_invite() to accept an invite to contribute the live thread.
• SubredditHelper.create() and SubredditModeration.update() have documented support for spoilers_enabled. Note, however, that SubredditModeration.update() will currently unset the spoilers_enabled value until such a time that Reddit returns the value along with the other settings.
• spoiler() and unspoiler() to change a submission’s spoiler status.

Fixed

• LiveContributorRelationship.invite() and LiveContributorRelationship.remove_invite() now hit endpoints, which starts with ‘api/’, for consistency.
• ModeratorRelationship.update(), and ModeratorRelationship.update_invite() now always remove known unlisted permissions.

4.2.0 (2017/01/07)

Added

• Subreddit.rules() to get the rules of a subreddit.
• LiveContributorRelationship, which can be obtained through LiveThread.contributor, to interact with live threads’ contributors.
• remove_invite() to remove a moderator invite.
• LiveContributorRelationship.invite() to send a contributor invitation.
• LiveContributorRelationship.remove_invite() to remove the contributor invitation.

Deprecated

• Return values from Comment.block(), Message.block(), SubredditMessage.block(), SubredditFlair.delete(), friend(), Redditor.message(), Subreddit.message(), select(), and unfriend() will be removed in PRAW 5 as they do not provide any useful information.

Fixed

• hide() and unhide() now accept a list of additional submissions.
• replace_more() is now recoverable. Previously, when an exception was raised during the work done by replace_more(), all unreplaced MoreComments instances were lost. Now MoreComments instances are only removed once their children have been added to the CommentForest enabling callers of replace_more() to call the method as many times as required to complete the replacement.
• Working with contributors on SubredditWiki is done consistently through contributor not contributors.
• Subreddit.moderator() works.
• live_thread.contributor() now returns RedditorList correctly.

Removed

• validate_time_filter is no longer part of the public interface.

4.1.0 (2016/12/24)

Added

• praw.models.Subreddits.search_by_topic() to search subreddits by topic. (see: https://www.reddit.com/dev/api/#GET_api_subreddits_by_topic).
• praw.models.LiveHelper.__call__() to provide interface to praw.models.LiveThread.__init__.
• SubredditFilters to work with filters for special subreddits, like /r/all.
• Added callables for SubredditRelationship and SubredditFlair so that limit and other parameters can be passed.
• Add reply() to Message which was accidentally missed previously.
• Add sticky parameter to CommentModeration.distinguish() to sticky comments.
• flair() to add a submission’s flair from an instance of Submission.
• Comment.parent() to obtain the parent of a Comment.
• opt_in() and opt_out() to Subreddit to permit working with quarantined subreddits.
• LiveUpdate to represent an individual update in a LiveThread.
• Ability to access an individual LiveUpdate via reddit.live('THREAD_ID')['UPDATE_ID'].
• LiveThread.updates() to iterate the updates of the thread.

Changed

• me() now caches its result in order to reduce redundant requests for methods that depend on it. Set use_cache=False when calling to bypass the cache.
• replace_more() can be called on Comment replies.

Deprecated

• validate_time_filter will be removed from the public interface in PRAW 4.2 as it was never intended to be part of it to begin with.
• Iterating directly over SubredditRelationship (e.g., subreddit.banned, subreddit.contributor, subreddit.moderator, etc) and SubredditFlair will be removed in PRAW 5. Iterate instead over their callables, e.g. subreddit.banned() and subreddit.flair().
• The following methods are deprecated to be removed in PRAW 5 and are replaced with similar Comment.mod... and Submission.mod... alternatives: Subreddit.mod.approve, Subreddit.mod.distinguish, Subreddit.mod.ignore_reports, Subreddit.mod.remove, Subreddit.mod.undistinguish, Subreddit.mod.unignore_reports.
• Support for passing a Submission to SubredditFlair.set() will be removed in PRAW 5. Use flair() instead.
• The thing argument to SubredditFlair.set() is replaced with redditor and will be removed in PRAW 5.

Fixed

• SubredditModeration.update() accurately updates exclude_banned_modqueue, header_hover_text, show_media and show_media_preview values.
• Instances of Comment obtained through the inbox (including mentions) are now refreshable.
• Searching /r/all should now work as intended for all users.
• Accessing an invalid attribute on an instance of Message will raise AttributeError instead of PRAWException.

4.0.0 (2016/11/29)

Fixed

• Fix bug where ipython tries to access attribute _ipython_canary_method_should_not_exist_ resulting in a useless fetch.
• Fix bug where Comment replies becomes [] after attempting to access an invalid attribute on the Comment.
• Reddit.wiki[...] converts the passed in page name to lower case as pages are only saved in lower case and non-lower case page names results in a Redirect exception (thanks pcjonathan).

4.0.0rc3 (2016/11/26)

Added

• implicit parameter to url() to support the implicit flow for installed applications (see: https://github.com/reddit/reddit/wiki/OAuth2#authorization-implicit-grant-flow)
• scopes() to discover which scopes are available to the current authentication
• Lots of documentation: http://praw.readthedocs.io/

4.0.0rc2 (2016/11/20)

Fixed

• authorize() properly sets the session’s Authentication (thanks @williammck).

4.0.0rc1 (2016/11/20)

PRAW 4 introduces significant breaking changes. The numerous changes are not listed here, only the feature removals. Please read through Quick Start to help with updating your code to PRAW 4. If you require additional help please ask on /r/redditdev or in the praw-dev/praw channel on gitter.

Added

• praw.models.Comment.block(), praw.models.Message.block(), and praw.models.SubredditMessage.block() to permit blocking unwanted user contact.
• praw.models.LiveHelper.create() to create new live threads.
• praw.models.Redditor.unblock() to undo a block.
• praw.models.Subreddits.gold() to iterate through gold subreddits.
• praw.models.Subreddits.search() to search for subreddits by name and description.
• praw.models.Subreddits.stream() to obtain newly created subreddits in near-realtime.
• praw.models.User.karma() to retrieve the current user’s subreddit karma.
• praw.models.reddit.submission.SubmissionModeration.lock() and praw.models.reddit.submission.SubmissionModeration.unlock() to change a Submission’s lock state.
• praw.models.reddit.subreddit.SubredditFlairTemplates.delete() to delete a single flair template.
• praw.models.reddit.subreddit.SubredditModeration.unread() to iterate over unread moderation messages.
• praw.models.reddit.subreddit.ModeratorRelationship.invite() to invite a moderator to a subreddit.
• praw.models.reddit.subreddit.ModeratorRelationship.update() to update a moderator’s permissions.
• praw.models.reddit.subreddit.ModeratorRelationship.update_invite() to update an invited moderator’s permissions.
• praw.models.Front.random_rising(), praw.models.Subreddit.random_rising() and praw.models.Multireddit.random_rising().
• WikiPage supports a revision argument.
• revisions() to obtain a list of recent revisions to a subreddit.
• revisions() to obtain a list of revisions for a wiki page.
• Support installed-type OAuth apps.
• Support read-only OAuth for all application types.
• Support script-type OAuth apps.

Changed

Note

Only prominent changes are listed here.

• helpers.comments_stream is now praw.models.reddit.subreddit.SubredditStream.comments()
• helpers.submissions_between is now praw.models.Subreddit.submissions(). This new method now only iterates through newest submissions first and as a result makes approximately 33% fewer requests.
• helpers.submission_stream is now praw.models.reddit.subreddit.SubredditStream.submissions()

Removed

• Removed Reddit‘s login method. Authentication must be done through OAuth.
• Removed praw-multiprocess as this functionality is no longer needed with PRAW 4.
• Removed non-oauth functions Message.collapse and Message.uncollapse is_username_available.
• Removed captcha related functions.

For changes prior to version 4.0 please see: 3.4.0 changelog