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Python PRAW - Checking whether a comment has been edited or not in Reddit

Last Updated : 26 Jun, 2020
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In Reddit, we can post a comment to any submission, we can also comment on a comment to create a thread of comments. A comment can be later edited after posting it. Here we will see how to check whether a comment has been edited or not using PRAW. We will be using the edited attribute of the Comment class to check whether a comment has been edited or not. Example 1 : Consider the following comment : The ID of the comment is : fvib7aw Python3 1==
# importing the module
import praw

# initialize with appropriate values
client_id = ""
client_secret = ""
username = ""
password = ""
user_agent = ""

# creating an authorized reddit instance
reddit = praw.Reddit(client_id = client_id, 
                     client_secret = client_secret, 
                     username = username, 
                     password = password,
                     user_agent = user_agent) 

# the ID of the comment
comment_id = "fvib7aw"

# instantiating the Comment class
comment = reddit.comment(comment_id)

# fetching the edited attribute
edited = comment.edited 

if edited == True:
    print("The comment has been edited.")
elif edited == False:
    print("The comment has not been edited.")
Output :
The comment has not been edited.
Example 2 : Consider the following comment: The ID of the comment is : fv9qvgo Python3 1==
# importing the module
import praw

# initialize with appropriate values
client_id = ""
client_secret = ""
username = ""
password = ""
user_agent = ""

# creating an authorized reddit instance
reddit = praw.Reddit(client_id = client_id, 
                     client_secret = client_secret, 
                     username = username, 
                     password = password,
                     user_agent = user_agent) 

# the ID of the comment
comment_id = "fv9qvgo"

# instantiating the Comment class
comment = reddit.comment(comment_id)

# fetching the edited attribute
edited = comment.edited 

if edited == True:
    print("The comment has been edited.")
elif edited == False:
    print("The comment has not been edited.")
Output :
The comment has not been edited.

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