/*
function get_comments(json) {
	var comments = [];
	var comments_json = json[1].data.children;
	
	for(var i = 0; i < comments_json.length; i++) {	
		get_comment_data(comments_json[i], comments);
	}
	
	return comments;
}


var stripped_comment_tags = ["author_flair_css_class", "approved_by", 
"approved_at_utc", "archived", "author_flair_text", 
"body_html", "banned_at_utc", "banned_by", 
"can_gild", "can_mod_post", "created", "collapsed", "collapsed_reason", 
"downs", "distinguished", "gilded",
"edited", "likes", "link_id", "name", "mod_reports", "num_reports",
"removal_reason", "report_reasons", 
"saved", "subreddit", "subreddit_type", "subreddit_name_prefixed", "subreddit_id", 
"ups", "user_reports"];




// Strips unnecessary tags from comment, adds to comment array
// Do this recursivly to all replies
// Params comment:JSON object, comments: array
function get_comment_data(comment, comments) {
	if(comment.kind !== "t1") {
		alert(comment.kind);
		return;	
	}

	var comment_data = comment.data;
	
	for(var i = 0; i < stripped_comment_tags.length; i++) {
		delete comment_data[stripped_comment_tags[i]];	
	}
	
	if(comment_data.replies) {
		for(var i = 0; i < comment_data.replies.data.children.length; i++) {
			get_comment_data(comment_data.replies.data.children[i], comments);			
		}
	}
		
	if(comment_data.parent_id.indexOf("_") !== -1) {
		comment_data.parent_id = comment_data.parent_id.split("_")[1];
	}
		
	delete comment_data["replies"];
	comments.push(comment_data);
}
*/


old_code:

	
	"""headers = {'Authorization': 'bearer ' + token, 'User-Agent': USER_AGENT}
	url = API_URL + THREAD_PATH.format(subreddit, thread_id)
	
	response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
	thread_json = None	
	
	try:
		thread_json = response.json()
	except:
		return 'Error parsing the thread'
	
	thread = {
		'body': get_thread_body(thread_json),
		'comments': get_thread_comments(thread_json)
	}
 	
	return str(get_thread_comments(thread_json))
	#return str(get_thread_comments(thread_json)) + '/' + str(thread['body']['num_comments'])

def get_thread_body(thread_json):
	body_json = thread_json[0]['data']['children'][0]['data']	
	filtered_body = {k:v for k,v in body_json.items() if k in FILTER_BODY}
	return filtered_body
	
def get_thread_comments(thread_json):
	comments_json = thread_json[1]['data']['children']
	filtered_comments = []
	
	for comment_json in comments_json:
		comment_data = get_comment_data(comment_json)
		filtered_comments.append(comment_data)
		
	return filtered_comments

def get_comment_data(comment):
	comment_data = comment['data']
	filtered_comment = {k:v for k,v in comment_data.items() if k in FILTER_COMMENT}
	filtered_comment['replies'] = []
		
	if comment_data['replies']:
		for child_comment in comment_data['replies']['data']['children']:
			filtered_comment['replies'].append(get_comment_data(child_comment))
		
	return filtered_comment
	"""