Merge pull request #366 from davemorin/feat/324-reddit-json-fallback

feat(web): auto-enrich Reddit URLs from web search via JSON API
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Trevin Chow
2026-05-16 23:41:57 -07:00
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2 changed files with 154 additions and 9 deletions
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from __future__ import annotations
import sys
import urllib.parse
from datetime import datetime
from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -205,29 +206,90 @@ def web_search(
backend = "parallel"
else:
return [], {}
items: list[dict] = []
artifact: dict = {}
if backend == "brave":
key = config.get("BRAVE_API_KEY")
if not key:
raise RuntimeError("BRAVE_API_KEY is required when web_backend='brave'")
return brave_search(query, date_range, key)
if backend == "exa":
items, artifact = brave_search(query, date_range, key)
elif backend == "exa":
key = config.get("EXA_API_KEY")
if not key:
raise RuntimeError("EXA_API_KEY is required when web_backend='exa'")
return exa_search(query, date_range, key)
if backend == "serper":
items, artifact = exa_search(query, date_range, key)
elif backend == "serper":
key = config.get("SERPER_API_KEY")
if not key:
raise RuntimeError("SERPER_API_KEY is required when web_backend='serper'")
return serper_search(query, date_range, key)
if backend == "parallel":
items, artifact = serper_search(query, date_range, key)
elif backend == "parallel":
key = config.get("PARALLEL_API_KEY")
if not key:
raise RuntimeError("PARALLEL_API_KEY is required when web_backend='parallel'")
return parallel_search(query, date_range, key)
if backend != "none":
items, artifact = parallel_search(query, date_range, key)
elif backend != "none":
raise ValueError(f"Unsupported web backend: {backend!r}")
return [], {}
else:
return [], {}
if items and not _reddit_excluded(config):
items = _enrich_reddit_items(items)
return items, artifact
def _reddit_excluded(config: dict) -> bool:
"""Return True when EXCLUDE_SOURCES contains 'reddit'.
Respects the same suppression knob the pipeline uses for source gating,
so a user who set EXCLUDE_SOURCES=reddit doesn't get Reddit content
smuggled back in via web-search URLs.
"""
raw = (config.get("EXCLUDE_SOURCES") or "").split(",")
return any(s.strip().lower() == "reddit" for s in raw)
def _enrich_reddit_items(items: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
"""Enrich web search results that are Reddit URLs with thread body and comments.
Claude Code's WebFetch blocks reddit.com, so the model can't retrieve
Reddit content from web search results. This fetches it via the public
JSON API (reddit.com/.../.json) which bypasses that restriction.
Callers should gate this with EXCLUDE_SOURCES=reddit handling (see
`_reddit_excluded`) so a user who explicitly excluded Reddit doesn't
get Reddit content via web-search URLs.
"""
from . import reddit_enrich
from .reddit_enrich import RedditRateLimitError
for item in items:
url = item.get("url", "")
if "reddit.com" not in url or "/comments/" not in url:
continue
try:
thread_data = reddit_enrich.fetch_thread_data(url, timeout=8)
if not thread_data:
continue
parsed = reddit_enrich.parse_thread_data(thread_data)
# selftext lives under parsed["submission"], not at the top level
selftext = (parsed.get("submission") or {}).get("selftext", "")
if selftext:
item["snippet"] = selftext[:2000]
comments = parsed.get("comments", [])
top = reddit_enrich.get_top_comments(comments)
if top:
item["top_comments"] = [
{"score": c.get("score", 0), "excerpt": (c.get("body") or "")[:200]}
for c in top[:5]
]
item["enriched_via"] = "reddit_json_api"
except RedditRateLimitError as exc:
# Stop iterating to avoid flooding more 429s
sys.stderr.write(f"[Web] Reddit rate-limited, halting enrichment: {exc}\n")
break
except Exception as exc:
sys.stderr.write(f"[Web] Reddit enrichment failed for {url}: {exc}\n")
return items
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