autoreply.py

from config import *
import praw
from time import sleep


ooto_message = "Hello, r/cybersecurity is currently participating in a blackout and will not be accessible for 48h. Please monitor https://cybersecurity.page for updates, thanks!"
ooto_subreddit = "cybersecurity"

reddit = praw.Reddit(
    client_id=praw_client_id,
    client_secret=praw_client_secret,
    refresh_token=praw_refresh_token,
    user_agent="r-cybersecurity/modmail-autoreply",
)

replied_conversations = []
while True:
    try:
        subreddit = reddit.subreddit(ooto_subreddit)

        for conversations in subreddit.mod.stream.modmail_conversations(state="inbox"):
            conversation_id = conversations.id

            if conversation_id in replied_conversations:
                print(f"Skipped reply to {conversation_id} as autoreply already fired")
                continue

            # want to do more to analyze or reply? here are the ModmailConversation docs:
            # https://praw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/code_overview/models/modmailconversation.html
            message = subreddit.modmail(conversation_id, mark_read=True)
            message.reply(body=ooto_message, author_hidden=True)
            message.archive()
            
            print(f"Replied to {conversation_id} and archived")
            replied_conversations.append(conversation_id)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Caught exception: {e}, restarting conversation bus in 10s")
        sleep(10)

exit(1)