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RedditBot/src/reddit/api.ts
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import axios, { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
import type { BrowserContext } from 'playwright';
import { z } from 'zod';
import type { Config } from '../config/index.js';
import type { Logger } from '../utils/logger.js';
import type { RedditRequestScheduler } from './request-coordinator.js';
const uncoordinatedRequestScheduler: RedditRequestScheduler = {
schedule: async <T>(request: () => Promise<T>) => await request(),
extendCooldown: () => undefined,
};
const RedditUserAboutResponseSchema = z.object({
data: z.object({
is_suspended: z.boolean().optional(),
}),
});
/**
* The subset of `/user/<name>/about.json` that says how established an account
* is. `has_verified_email` is only returned for the requesting user's own
* profile, so it stays nullable for anyone else.
*/
const RedditAccountProfileResponseSchema = z.object({
data: z.object({
created_utc: z.number().optional(),
link_karma: z.number().optional(),
comment_karma: z.number().optional(),
total_karma: z.number().optional(),
has_verified_email: z.boolean().nullish(),
is_suspended: z.boolean().optional(),
}),
});
export type RedditUserAccountStatus = 'active' | 'suspended' | 'deleted';
export interface RedditAccountProfile {
/** Account creation time in epoch milliseconds. */
createdAt: number | null;
linkKarma: number | null;
commentKarma: number | null;
totalKarma: number | null;
hasVerifiedEmail: boolean | null;
isSuspended: boolean;
}
export class RedditRateLimitError extends Error {
constructor(public readonly retryAfterMs: number) {
const retryAfterSeconds = Math.ceil(retryAfterMs / 1000);
super(`Reddit API rate limit reached; retry after ${retryAfterSeconds}s`);
this.name = 'RedditRateLimitError';
}
}
export class RedditAccessDeniedError extends Error {
constructor(public readonly subreddit: string) {
super(`Reddit denied listing access for r/${subreddit} (HTTP 403)`);
this.name = 'RedditAccessDeniedError';
}
}
/** Reddit confirms the community listing is gone and must no longer be polled. */
export class RedditSubredditUnavailableError extends Error {
constructor(public readonly subreddit: string) {
super(`Reddit reports that r/${subreddit} is unavailable (HTTP 404)`);
this.name = 'RedditSubredditUnavailableError';
}
}
function getRateLimitDelayMs(headers: unknown): number {
if (!headers || typeof headers !== 'object') return 60_000;
const values = headers as Record<string, unknown>;
const rawDelay = values['retry-after'] ?? values['x-ratelimit-reset'];
const seconds = typeof rawDelay === 'number' ? rawDelay : Number.parseFloat(String(rawDelay));
return Number.isFinite(seconds) && seconds >= 0
? Math.ceil(seconds * 1000)
: 60_000;
}
export interface RedditPost {
id: string;
name: string; // fullname like "t3_xxxxx"
subreddit: string;
author: string;
author_fullname?: string; // account fullname like "t2_xxxxx"
title: string;
url: string;
permalink: string;
thumbnail: string;
is_self: boolean;
selftext?: string;
post_hint?: string;
preview?: {
images: Array<{
source: { url: string; width: number; height: number };
resolutions: Array<{ url: string; width: number; height: number }>;
}>;
};
is_gallery?: boolean;
gallery_data?: {
items: Array<{ media_id: string; id?: number }>;
};
media_metadata?: Record<string, {
status?: string;
m?: string;
s?: {
u?: string;
gif?: string;
x?: number;
y?: number;
};
}>;
created_utc: number;
over_18: boolean;
spoiler: boolean;
link_flair_text?: string | null;
// Listing fields the account grower needs to judge whether a thread can and
// should be commented on. Optional because the outreach paths never read them.
num_comments?: number;
locked?: boolean;
stickied?: boolean;
archived?: boolean;
pinned?: boolean;
distinguished?: string | null;
removed_by_category?: string | null;
score?: number;
/** Present when outreach targets a commenter while retaining the source post media. */
targetComment?: {
body: string;
permalink: string;
sourcePostId: string;
sourcePostAuthor: string;
expressedGender: 'male' | 'female' | 'other' | 'unknown';
confidence: number;
};
}
/** Typed Reddit content used only by the simulation-only browsing reader. */
export interface BrowsingThing {
fullname: string;
kind: 'post' | 'comment';
subreddit: string;
author: string;
permalink: string;
createdAt: number;
score: number | null;
text: string;
nsfw: boolean;
parentPostId: string;
distinguished: string | null;
removed: boolean;
}
interface RedditListingChild {
data?: {
title?: unknown;
selftext?: unknown;
body?: unknown;
url?: unknown;
subreddit?: unknown;
};
}
function joinText(values: unknown[]): string {
return values.filter((value): value is string => typeof value === 'string').join(' ');
}
function recordValue(value: unknown, key: string): unknown {
return value && typeof value === 'object' ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)[key] : undefined;
}
/** Flatten Reddit's structured profile-link payloads across legacy/current field naming. */
function socialLinkText(userData: unknown): string {
const subreddit = recordValue(userData, 'subreddit');
const candidates = [
recordValue(userData, 'social_links'),
recordValue(userData, 'socialLinks'),
recordValue(subreddit, 'social_links'),
recordValue(subreddit, 'socialLinks'),
];
const values: unknown[] = [];
for (const candidate of candidates) {
if (!Array.isArray(candidate)) continue;
for (const link of candidate) {
values.push(
recordValue(link, 'title'),
recordValue(link, 'handle'),
recordValue(link, 'type'),
recordValue(link, 'url'),
recordValue(link, 'outbound_url'),
recordValue(link, 'outboundUrl'),
);
}
}
return joinText(values);
}
/**
* Catch a narrow paid-content funnel that deliberately keeps the platform name
* out of the bio. Requiring an NSFW profile, an explicit link CTA, and a
* promise of more/exclusive personal content avoids treating ordinary links as
* seller evidence.
*/
function findProfileFunnel(text: string, isNsfw: boolean): string | null {
if (!isNsfw) return null;
const normalized = text.toLocaleLowerCase().replace(/[\u2018\u2019]/g, "'");
const linkCallToAction = /\b(?:hit|check|tap|click|visit|follow)\s+(?:the|my)\s+link\b/;
const contentPromise = /\b(?:see|get|show(?:ing)?|watch)\s+(?:a\s+)?(?:lot\s+)?more(?:\s+of\s+me)?\b|\bexclusive\s+(?:content|pics?|photos?|videos?)\b/;
return linkCallToAction.test(normalized) && contentPromise.test(normalized)
? 'NSFW profile links to more or exclusive personal content'
: null;
}
/** Match configured seller signals in user-controlled text. */
export function findSellerSignal(
text: string,
keywords: string[],
domains: string[],
): { kind: 'keyword' | 'domain'; value: string } | null {
const normalized = text.toLocaleLowerCase();
for (const keyword of keywords) {
const candidate = keyword.trim().toLocaleLowerCase();
if (candidate && normalized.includes(candidate)) {
return { kind: 'keyword', value: keyword };
}
}
const domain = findSellerDomain(text, domains);
return domain ? { kind: 'domain', value: domain } : null;
}
// Extracts URL-ish tokens (with or without scheme) and returns the first
// domain match. Matches `host` or any subdomain (`*.host`), case-insensitive.
export function findSellerDomain(text: string, domains: string[]): string | null {
if (!text || domains.length === 0) return null;
const normalized = text.toLowerCase();
const urlRegex = /(?:https?:\/\/|(?<![\w.@])(?=[a-z0-9-]+\.[a-z]))([a-z0-9.-]+\.[a-z]{2,})(?:[/?#][^\s)]*)?/gi;
const hosts: string[] = [];
for (const m of normalized.matchAll(urlRegex)) {
hosts.push(m[1].replace(/\.+$/, ''));
}
for (const host of hosts) {
for (const domain of domains) {
const d = domain.toLowerCase();
if (host === d || host.endsWith('.' + d)) return domain;
}
}
return null;
}
export class RedditApiClient {
private client: AxiosInstance;
private browserContext: BrowserContext | null = null;
private consecutiveListing403s = 0;
constructor(
config: Config,
private logger: Logger,
// Production bootstraps supply one process-wide paced coordinator. Keep
// standalone clients independent for embedders and focused unit tests.
private readonly requestScheduler: RedditRequestScheduler = uncoordinatedRequestScheduler,
) {
this.client = axios.create({
baseURL: 'https://www.reddit.com',
headers: {
'User-Agent': config.reddit.userAgent,
Accept: 'application/json',
},
timeout: 30000,
});
}
setBrowserContext(context: BrowserContext): void {
this.browserContext = context;
this.logger.debug('Browser context set for authenticated API requests');
}
private async getCookieHeader(): Promise<string> {
if (!this.browserContext) {
return '';
}
try {
const cookies = await this.browserContext.cookies('https://www.reddit.com');
return cookies.map((c) => `${c.name}=${c.value}`).join('; ');
} catch (error) {
this.logger.warn('Failed to get cookies from browser context:', error);
return '';
}
}
/** Resolve a Reddit username through the authenticated browser session. */
async resolveUsernameToT2(username: string): Promise<string | null> {
const cookieHeader = await this.getCookieHeader();
const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
if (cookieHeader) headers.Cookie = cookieHeader;
try {
const response = await this.scheduleRequest(() => this.client.get(
`/user/${encodeURIComponent(username)}/about.json`,
{ params: { raw_json: 1 }, headers },
));
const id = response.data?.data?.id;
if (typeof id !== 'string' || id.length === 0) return null;
return id.startsWith('t2_') ? id : `t2_${id}`;
} catch (error) {
if (axios.isAxiosError(error) && error.response?.status === 404) return null;
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
throw error;
}
}
/** A 404 is Reddit's definitive signal that the username no longer has an account. */
async getUserAccountStatus(username: string): Promise<RedditUserAccountStatus> {
const cookieHeader = await this.getCookieHeader();
const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
if (cookieHeader) headers.Cookie = cookieHeader;
try {
const response = await this.scheduleRequest(() => this.client.get(
`/user/${encodeURIComponent(username)}/about.json`,
{ params: { raw_json: 1 }, headers },
));
const parsed = RedditUserAboutResponseSchema.parse(response.data);
return parsed.data.is_suspended === true ? 'suspended' : 'active';
} catch (error) {
if (axios.isAxiosError(error) && error.response?.status === 404) return 'deleted';
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
throw error;
}
}
/**
* Age, karma and email-verification for one account. Used to judge whether
* one of our own accounts is established enough for Reddit to let it start
* chats. Returns null when the profile no longer exists.
*/
async getAccountProfile(username: string): Promise<RedditAccountProfile | null> {
const cookieHeader = await this.getCookieHeader();
const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
if (cookieHeader) headers.Cookie = cookieHeader;
try {
const response = await this.scheduleRequest(() => this.client.get(
`/user/${encodeURIComponent(username)}/about.json`,
{ params: { raw_json: 1 }, headers },
));
const { data } = RedditAccountProfileResponseSchema.parse(response.data);
const totalKarma = data.total_karma
?? (data.link_karma === undefined && data.comment_karma === undefined
? undefined
: (data.link_karma ?? 0) + (data.comment_karma ?? 0));
return {
createdAt: data.created_utc === undefined ? null : Math.round(data.created_utc * 1000),
linkKarma: data.link_karma ?? null,
commentKarma: data.comment_karma ?? null,
totalKarma: totalKarma ?? null,
hasVerifiedEmail: data.has_verified_email ?? null,
isSuspended: data.is_suspended === true,
};
} catch (error) {
if (axios.isAxiosError(error) && error.response?.status === 404) return null;
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
throw error;
}
}
async getNewPosts(subreddit: string, limit = 25, type: 'image' | 'chat' = 'image'): Promise<RedditPost[]> {
try {
const cookieHeader = await this.getCookieHeader();
const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
if (cookieHeader) {
headers['Cookie'] = cookieHeader;
}
const response = await this.scheduleRequest(() => this.client.get(`/r/${subreddit}/new.json`, {
params: { limit, raw_json: 1 },
headers,
}));
const posts: RedditPost[] = response.data.data.children
.map((child: { data: RedditPost }) => child.data)
.filter((post: RedditPost) => this.isValidPost(post, type));
this.logger.debug(`Fetched ${posts.length} valid ${type} posts from r/${subreddit}`);
this.consecutiveListing403s = 0;
return posts;
} catch (error) {
if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
if (error.response?.status === 404) {
throw new RedditSubredditUnavailableError(subreddit);
}
if (error.response?.status === 403) {
this.consecutiveListing403s += 1;
const denied = new RedditAccessDeniedError(subreddit);
// One 403 can genuinely be a private or quarantined subreddit. A
// second consecutive denial from unrelated listings is a strong
// signal that Reddit is temporarily rejecting this session/IP.
if (this.consecutiveListing403s >= 2) {
const cooldownMs = 120_000;
this.requestScheduler.extendCooldown(cooldownMs);
this.logger.warn(
`Reddit is temporarily denying listing requests (consecutive HTTP 403s); pausing for ${cooldownMs / 1000}s`,
);
throw new RedditRateLimitError(cooldownMs);
}
this.logger.warn(`${denied.message}; it may be private, quarantined, or a temporary Reddit block`);
return [];
}
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
}
this.logger.error(`Error fetching posts from r/${subreddit}:`, error);
throw error;
}
}
/**
* Fetches a `hot` listing without the outreach validity filters.
*
* The account grower wants threads with traction rather than image or chat
* posts, and does its own screening, so this deliberately returns the listing
* close to raw — only authorless and bot-authored posts are dropped.
*/
async getHotPosts(subreddit: string, limit = 25): Promise<RedditPost[]> {
try {
const cookieHeader = await this.getCookieHeader();
const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
if (cookieHeader) headers.Cookie = cookieHeader;
const response = await this.scheduleRequest(() => this.client.get(`/r/${subreddit}/hot.json`, {
params: { limit, raw_json: 1 },
headers,
}));
const posts: RedditPost[] = response.data.data.children
.map((child: { data: RedditPost }) => child.data)
.filter((post: RedditPost) => (
post.author !== '[deleted]' && post.author !== 'AutoModerator'
));
this.logger.debug(`Fetched ${posts.length} hot posts from r/${subreddit}`);
this.consecutiveListing403s = 0;
return posts;
} catch (error) {
if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
if (error.response?.status === 404) throw new RedditSubredditUnavailableError(subreddit);
if (error.response?.status === 403) {
this.consecutiveListing403s += 1;
if (this.consecutiveListing403s >= 2) {
const cooldownMs = 120_000;
this.requestScheduler.extendCooldown(cooldownMs);
this.logger.warn(
`Reddit is temporarily denying listing requests (consecutive HTTP 403s); pausing for ${cooldownMs / 1000}s`,
);
throw new RedditRateLimitError(cooldownMs);
}
throw new RedditAccessDeniedError(subreddit);
}
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
}
this.logger.error(`Error fetching hot posts from r/${subreddit}:`, error);
throw error;
}
}
/**
* Top-level comment bodies already on a thread, so a generated comment does
* not restate a point somebody else has made.
*/
async getThreadTopComments(subreddit: string, postId: string, limit = 8): Promise<string[]> {
const cookieHeader = await this.getCookieHeader();
const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
if (cookieHeader) headers.Cookie = cookieHeader;
try {
const response = await this.scheduleRequest(() => this.client.get(
`/r/${subreddit}/comments/${postId}.json`,
{ params: { limit, depth: 1, sort: 'top', raw_json: 1 }, headers },
));
const listings = Array.isArray(response.data) ? response.data : [];
const commentListing = listings[1] as { data?: { children?: unknown } } | undefined;
const children = commentListing?.data?.children;
if (!Array.isArray(children)) return [];
return children
.map((child) => (child as { data?: { body?: unknown } })?.data?.body)
.filter((body): body is string => typeof body === 'string')
.filter((body) => body !== '[removed]' && body !== '[deleted]')
.slice(0, limit);
} catch (error) {
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
// Context is a nice-to-have; never fail a comment because it is missing.
this.logger.warn(`Failed to read existing comments for ${postId}:`, error);
return [];
}
}
/**
* Typed top-level comments for browsing simulation. This is intentionally
* separate from `getThreadTopComments()`, whose string-only contract belongs
* to comment generation.
*/
async getBrowsingComments(
subreddit: string,
postId: string,
limit = 25,
): Promise<BrowsingThing[]> {
const cookieHeader = await this.getCookieHeader();
const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
if (cookieHeader) headers.Cookie = cookieHeader;
try {
const response = await this.scheduleRequest(() => this.client.get(
`/r/${subreddit}/comments/${postId}.json`,
{ params: { limit, depth: 1, sort: 'hot', raw_json: 1 }, headers },
));
const listings = Array.isArray(response.data) ? response.data : [];
const children = (listings[1] as { data?: { children?: unknown } } | undefined)?.data?.children;
if (!Array.isArray(children)) return [];
return children.flatMap((child): BrowsingThing[] => {
const data = (child as { data?: Record<string, unknown> })?.data;
if (!data || typeof data.name !== 'string' || !data.name.startsWith('t1_')) return [];
const author = typeof data.author === 'string' ? data.author : '[deleted]';
const body = typeof data.body === 'string' ? data.body : '';
return [{
fullname: data.name,
kind: 'comment',
subreddit: typeof data.subreddit === 'string' ? data.subreddit : subreddit,
author,
permalink: typeof data.permalink === 'string'
? data.permalink
: `/r/${subreddit}/comments/${postId}/_/${data.name.slice(3)}/`,
createdAt: typeof data.created_utc === 'number' ? Math.round(data.created_utc * 1_000) : 0,
score: typeof data.score === 'number' ? data.score : null,
text: body,
nsfw: data.over_18 === true,
parentPostId: postId,
distinguished: typeof data.distinguished === 'string' ? data.distinguished : null,
removed: body === '[removed]' || body === '[deleted]' || data.removed === true,
}];
}).slice(0, limit);
} catch (error) {
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
this.logger.warn(`Failed to read browsing comments for ${postId}:`, error);
return [];
}
}
private isValidPost(post: RedditPost, type: 'image' | 'chat' = 'image'): boolean {
// Skip deleted/removed authors
if (post.author === '[deleted]' || post.author === 'AutoModerator') return false;
if (type === 'chat') {
// Chat subs are text-driven. Require a title (always present) and
// ideally some self text — but allow title-only since some tags live
// in the title alone (e.g. "[25F] up late, dm me").
return true;
}
// image type:
if (post.is_self) return false;
return this.hasImage(post);
}
private hasImage(post: RedditPost): boolean {
if (this.getGalleryImageUrl(post)) return true;
// Check post_hint
if (post.post_hint === 'image') return true;
// Check for preview images
if (post.preview?.images?.length) return true;
// Check URL patterns for direct image links
const url = post.url.toLowerCase();
const imageExtensions = ['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif', '.webp'];
if (imageExtensions.some((ext) => url.includes(ext))) return true;
// Check for known image hosts
const imageHosts = ['i.redd.it', 'i.imgur.com', 'imgur.com'];
if (imageHosts.some((host) => url.includes(host))) return true;
return false;
}
getImageUrl(post: RedditPost): string | null {
const galleryImageUrl = this.getGalleryImageUrl(post);
if (galleryImageUrl) return galleryImageUrl;
// Prefer high-quality preview images (already processed by Reddit)
if (post.preview?.images?.[0]?.source?.url) {
// Reddit encodes URLs in preview, need to decode HTML entities
return this.decodeRedditUrl(post.preview.images[0].source.url);
}
// Direct i.redd.it links
if (post.url.includes('i.redd.it')) {
return post.url;
}
// Direct imgur links
if (post.url.includes('i.imgur.com')) {
return post.url;
}
// Imgur album/page links - try to get direct image
if (post.url.includes('imgur.com') && !post.url.includes('i.imgur.com')) {
// Try adding .jpg extension
const imgurId = post.url.split('/').pop()?.split('.')[0];
if (imgurId) {
return `https://i.imgur.com/${imgurId}.jpg`;
}
}
// Check if URL has image extension
const url = post.url.toLowerCase();
const imageExtensions = ['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif', '.webp'];
if (imageExtensions.some((ext) => url.includes(ext))) {
return post.url;
}
// Use thumbnail as last resort if it's a valid URL
if (post.thumbnail && post.thumbnail.startsWith('http')) {
return post.thumbnail;
}
return null;
}
/** Return the first valid gallery image in Reddit's declared display order. */
private getGalleryImageUrl(post: RedditPost): string | null {
if (!post.is_gallery || !post.media_metadata) return null;
const orderedMediaIds = post.gallery_data?.items.map((item) => item.media_id)
?? Object.keys(post.media_metadata);
for (const mediaId of orderedMediaIds) {
const media = post.media_metadata[mediaId];
if (!media || (media.status && media.status !== 'valid')) continue;
if (media.m && !media.m.startsWith('image/')) continue;
const sourceUrl = media.s?.u ?? media.s?.gif;
if (sourceUrl) return this.decodeRedditUrl(sourceUrl);
}
return null;
}
private decodeRedditUrl(url: string): string {
return url.replace(/&amp;/g, '&');
}
async isSellerProfile(
username: string,
sellerKeywords: string[],
sellerDomains: string[] = [],
currentPost?: RedditPost,
): Promise<boolean> {
if (sellerKeywords.length === 0 && sellerDomains.length === 0) return false;
// Check the post first. This catches direct promotional posts without an
// extra request and also covers accounts whose profile bio is deliberately
// vague.
if (currentPost) {
const postSignal = findSellerSignal(
joinText([currentPost.title, currentPost.selftext, currentPost.url]),
sellerKeywords,
sellerDomains,
);
if (postSignal) {
this.logger.info(
`u/${username} flagged as seller from current post (matched ${postSignal.kind}: "${postSignal.value}")`,
);
return true;
}
}
try {
const cookieHeader = await this.getCookieHeader();
const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
if (cookieHeader) {
headers['Cookie'] = cookieHeader;
}
const response = await this.scheduleRequest(() => this.client.get(`/user/${encodeURIComponent(username)}/about.json`, {
params: { raw_json: 1 },
headers,
}));
const userData = response.data?.data;
if (userData) {
const subreddit = userData.subreddit;
const profileText = joinText([
subreddit?.public_description || '',
subreddit?.title || '',
subreddit?.display_name_prefixed || '',
socialLinkText(userData),
]);
const profileSignal = findSellerSignal(profileText, sellerKeywords, sellerDomains);
if (profileSignal) {
this.logger.info(
`u/${username} flagged as seller profile (matched ${profileSignal.kind}: "${profileSignal.value}")`,
);
return true;
}
const funnel = findProfileFunnel(profileText, subreddit?.over_18 === true);
if (funnel) {
this.logger.info(`u/${username} flagged as seller profile (matched funnel: "${funnel}")`);
return true;
}
}
} catch (error) {
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
if (axios.isAxiosError(error) && error.response?.status === 404) {
this.logger.warn(`User u/${username} profile not found`);
return false;
}
this.logger.warn(`Failed to check profile for u/${username}:`, error);
}
// Bios are often clean while recent posts advertise the paid account.
// Scan a small overview page, including comment bodies and subreddit
// names, before allowing the candidate through.
try {
const cookieHeader = await this.getCookieHeader();
const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
if (cookieHeader) headers.Cookie = cookieHeader;
const response = await this.scheduleRequest(() => this.client.get(`/user/${encodeURIComponent(username)}/overview.json`, {
params: { limit: 25, raw_json: 1 },
headers,
}));
const children: RedditListingChild[] = Array.isArray(response.data?.data?.children)
? response.data.data.children
: [];
const activityText = children.map(({ data }) => joinText([
data?.title,
data?.selftext,
data?.body,
data?.url,
data?.subreddit,
])).join(' ');
const activitySignal = findSellerSignal(activityText, sellerKeywords, sellerDomains);
if (activitySignal) {
this.logger.info(
`u/${username} flagged as seller from recent activity (matched ${activitySignal.kind}: "${activitySignal.value}")`,
);
return true;
}
} catch (error) {
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
this.logger.warn(`Failed to check recent activity for u/${username}:`, error);
}
return false; // Fail open if Reddit profile endpoints are unavailable.
}
getPostUrl(post: RedditPost): string {
return `https://www.reddit.com${post.permalink}`;
}
private toRateLimitError(error: unknown): RedditRateLimitError | null {
if (error instanceof RedditRateLimitError) return error;
if (!axios.isAxiosError(error) || error.response?.status !== 429) return null;
const rateLimitError = new RedditRateLimitError(getRateLimitDelayMs(error.response.headers));
this.requestScheduler.extendCooldown(rateLimitError.retryAfterMs);
this.logger.warn(rateLimitError.message);
return rateLimitError;
}
/** Record a 429 before releasing the shared request queue to its next waiter. */
private async scheduleRequest<T>(request: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
return await this.requestScheduler.schedule(async () => {
try {
return await request();
} catch (error) {
const rateLimitError = this.toRateLimitError(error);
if (rateLimitError) throw rateLimitError;
throw error;
}
});
}
}