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Python PRAW – Getting the username of a redditor

Last Updated : 21 Jun, 2020
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In Reddit, a redditor is the term given to a user. Each and every redditor has a username chosen by them during registration. Here we will see how to fetch the username of a redditor. We will be using the name attribute of the Redditor class to fetch the username. Example 1 : Consider the following redditor : The user name of the redditor is : spez. 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 name of the redditor
redditor_name = "spez"

# instantiating the Redditor class
redditor = reddit.redditor(redditor_name)

print("The username is : " + redditor.name)
Output :
The username is : spez
Example 2 : Consider the following redditor : The user name of the redditor is : AutoModerator 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 name of the redditor
redditor_name = "AutoModerator"

# instantiating the Redditor class
redditor = reddit.redditor(redditor_name)

print("The username is : " + redditor.name)
Output : The username is : AutoModerator

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