reddit.py

import requests
import json

def format_date(timestamp_obj):
    from datetime import datetime
    datetime_obj= datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp_obj)
    return str(datetime_obj)


def get_data(url):
    response=requests.get(url,headers={'User-agent':'your bot 0.1'})
    python_object=json.loads(response.text)
    news=python_object['data']['children']
    filter_data=[]
    number=1
    for new in news:
        news_data={
            f'news number {number}':{
                'title': new['data']['title'],
                'author':new['data']['author'],
                'created':format_date(new['data']['created'])
            }
        }
        filter_data.append(news_data)
        number+=1
    return filter_data

def write_to_json(data):
    with open('RedditNews.json','w') as json_file:
        json.dump(data,json_file,indent=2)



def main(url):
    data=get_data(url)
    write_to_json(data)

main('https://www.reddit.com/r/science/.json')