Recurse it

Author: AbrahamAlgorithm

0x16-api_advanced/2-recurse.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+"""add to a list of hot list"""
+import requests
+
+
+def recurse(subreddit, hot_list=[], after="", count=0):
+    """recurse the value"""
+    params = {
+        'after': after,
+        'count': count,
+        'limit': 100
+    }
+    headers = {'User-Agent': 'Alx Task'}
+    url = 'http://www.reddit.com/r/{}/top/.json'.format(subreddit)
+    res = requests.get(url, params=params,
+                       headers=headers)
+    if res.status_code >= 400:
+        return None
+    result = res.json().get('data')
+    after = result.get('after')
+    count += result.get('dist')
+    resp = result.get('children')
+    for child in resp:
+        hot_list.append(child.get('data').get('title'))
+    if after is not None:
+        return recurse(subreddit, hot_list, after, count)
+    else:
+        return hot_list