new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  import praw
  
  # Connect to Reddit
  # ----------------------------
  
  user_agent = "Quick comment thread scraper by /u/mediaarts"
  r = praw.Reddit(user_agent = user_agent)
  
  
  # Get comment thread and populate dict
  # ----------------------------
  
  submission_id = "1p1j6c"
  submission = r.get_submission(submission_id = submission_id, comment_sort = 'top')
  comments = submission.comments
  
  flat_comments = praw.helpers.flatten_tree(comments)
  print("flat_comments length: {}".format(len(flat_comments)))
  print("flat_comments class: {}".format(type(flat_comments)))
  print("first comment class: {}".format(type(flat_comments[0])))
  print("last comment class: {}".format(type(flat_comments[len(flat_comments) - 1])))
  print("first comment attrs: {}".format(dir(flat_comments[0])))
  print("first comment score: {}".format(flat_comments[0].score))
  print("first comment author: {}".format(flat_comments[0].author))
  
  fname = submission_id + '.txt'
  with open(fname, 'w') as f:
      for comment in flat_comments:
          if isinstance(comment, praw.objects.Comment):
              f.write("\n\n")
              if comment.is_root:
                  f.write("---\n\n")
              else:
                  f.write("Child comment \n")
              f.write("Author: " + str(comment.author) + "\n")
              f.write("Score: " + str(comment.score) + "\n")
              f.write("Comment: \n\n" + comment.body.encode('utf-8'))
  
subject: Add scratch Reddit comment scraper