Merge branch 'release-v0.6.0-beta'

Author: fterh

README.md

@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ the commands.
 `invoke start` (possibly with `nohup`)
 
 ## Changelog
+### v0.6.0-beta
+* Update subreddit monitoring implementation (fixes #25)
 ### v0.5.0-beta
 * Fix program crash when exception occurs (@yleong PR #22)
 * Fix exception in handling Ricemedia links (@yleong PR #20)

config.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 RUN_EVERY = 2
 
 BOT = {
-    "VERSION": "0.5.0-beta",
+    "VERSION": "0.6.0-beta",
     "REPO_LINK": "https://github.com/fterh/sneakpeek",
     "CONTRIBUTE_LINK": "https://github.com/fterh/sneakpeek"
 }

main.py

@@ -22,19 +22,15 @@ def start():
     try:
         scan(reddit.subreddit(config.SUBREDDIT))
     except Exception as e:
-        print("Exception occurred while scanning")
+        # This should never happen,
+        # because it breaks the infinite subreddit monitoring
+        # provided by subreddit.stream.submissions()
+        print("Exception occurred while scanning. This should never happen!")
         traceback.print_exc()
 
 
     DatabaseManager.disconnect()
 
 
-schedule.every(config.RUN_EVERY).minutes.do(start)
-
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     start()
-    while True:
-        schedule.run_pending()
-        print("Sleeping")
-        time.sleep(1)

scan.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def scan(subreddit):
     """Scan a Subreddit for new submissions."""
     print("Starting scan")
 
-    for submission in subreddit.new(limit=config.LIMIT):
+    for submission in subreddit.stream.submissions():
         print("Operating on submission ID: " + submission.id)
 
         does_qualify = qualify(submission)