scamfinder.py

import praw
import re
import uuid
from datetime import datetime, timezone


def find_possible_phone_number(str):

    # Sometimes we have strings that have a single I or O in them
    # ... Can I Uninstall ...
    # This I would be replaced with a 1 later on and cause the number to become invalid.
    # Look for these sorts of situations and remove them!
    clean = re.sub("[a-zA-Z] [IO] [a-zA-Z]", "", str)

    # Filter out words that have more than 3 consequent characters
    clean = "".join(filter(None, re.split(
        '(?:[a-zA-Z]{3,}|[\$\@()+.])+', clean)))

    # Remove all special characters from string
    clean = ''.join(e for e in clean if e.isalnum())
    # Some scammers use 'I' instead of 1 and 'O' instead of 0
    clean = clean.replace("I", "1").replace("O", "0")

    # Regex for phone numbers
    phone_regex = "\s*(?:\+?(\d{1,3}))?[-. (]*(\d{3})[-. )]*(\d{3})[-. ]*(\d{4})(?: *x(\d+))?\s*"
    phone_numbers = re.findall(phone_regex, clean)
    if len(phone_numbers) > 0:
        return "".join(phone_numbers[0])
    return None


def get_time_filter():
    # Ask for time frame
    time_filter_input = int(
        input("Enter time filter:\n1 - Hour\n2 - Day\n3 - Week\nChoice: "))
    time_filter = ""
    if time_filter_input == 1:
        time_filter = "hour"
    elif time_filter_input == 2:
        time_filter = "day"
    else:
        time_filter = "week"
    return time_filter


def get_sort_by():
    sort_by_input = int(
        input("What to sort by?:\n1 - new\n2 - relevance\n3 - hot\nChoice: "))
    sort_by = ""
    if sort_by_input == 1:
        sort_by = "new"
    elif sort_by_input == 2:
        sort_by = "relevance"
    else:
        sort_by = "hot"
    return sort_by


def get_max_posts_to_load():
    return int(input("Max posts to load?\nChoice: "))


def show_all():
    show_all_input = int(
        input("Show duplicate numbers?:\n1 - Yes\n2 - No\nChoice: "))
    return show_all_input == 1


def get_query():
    return input("Enter search query. Try something like 'tech support' or 'customer support'.\nQuery: ")


# Enter your client_secret and client_id here
client_secret = "CLIENT_SECRET_HERE"
client_id = "CLIENT_ID_HERE"
if client_secret == "CLIENT_SECRET_HERE" or client_id == "CLIENT_ID_HERE":
    print("Missing client_id or client_secret.")
    print("You can get the credentials by following this tutorial:")
    print("https://redditclient.readthedocs.io/en/latest/oauth/")
    print("Follow the tutorial and paste the client_id and client_secret into the lines above")
    exit()

reddit = praw.Reddit(client_id=client_id,
                     client_secret=client_secret,
                     user_agent=str(uuid.uuid4()))

numbers = []

time_filter = get_time_filter()
sort_by = get_sort_by()
limit = get_max_posts_to_load()
show_all = show_all()
query = get_query()
all = reddit.subreddit("all")

numbers = []
for i in all.search(query, limit=limit, time_filter=time_filter, sort=sort_by):
    phone_nr = find_possible_phone_number(i.title)
    if phone_nr != None:
        created_at = datetime.fromtimestamp(i.created_utc)
        now = datetime.now()
        difference = now - created_at
        age = round(difference.seconds)  # age in seconds
        numbers.append(
            [age, phone_nr, "https://reddit.com" + i.permalink, i.title])


# sort numbers by age
numbers = sorted(numbers, key=lambda x: x[0])
displayed = []
for nr in numbers:
    if nr[1] not in displayed or show_all:
        age = ""
        # More than 60 minutes ago
        if round(nr[0] / 60) > 60:
            age = "{} hours old".format(
                round(nr[0] / 60 / 60))  # seconds to hours
        else:
            age = "{} min old".format(round(nr[0] / 60))

        print("----------")
        print("[{}]".format(age))
        print("Title: {}".format(nr[3]))
        print("Parsed Number: {}".format(int(nr[1])))
        print("Link: {}".format(nr[2]))
        displayed.append(nr[1])