set_flair_csv returns "improperly formatted row, ignoring" if flair_text contains a comma.

Test code:

import praw
r = praw.Reddit(...)
r.login(username, password)
giveflair = [{'flair_css_class': 'icedice', 'user': username, 'flair_text': 'ayy, lmao'}]
print r.get_subreddit(subreddit).set_flair_csv(giveflair)

Returns [{u'status': u'skipped', u'errors': {u'row': u'improperly formatted row, ignoring'}, u'ok': False, u'warnings': {}}]

While changing giveflair to… giveflair = [{'flair_css_class': 'icedice', 'user': username, 'flair_text': 'ayy lmao'}]

Goes through just fine. Escaping doesn’t seem to work either.

EDIT: Only tested with commas. Unsure about other symbols…

[13steinj]

@diceroll123 , reddit uses Python’s csv reader from the standard library. If the input is, for example

>>> import csv
>>> infile = list(csv.reader(["firstpart,secondpart,whyamialive,cause,youareanidiot,ohreally"]))
>>> infile
["firstpart", "secondpart", "whyamialive", "cause", "Iareanidiot", "ohreally"]

However, the built in reader supports qouted text with precedence, so,

>>> infile = list(csv.reader(["firstpart,secondpart,whyamialive,\"cause,Iareanidiot\",ohreally"]))
>>> infile
["firstpart", "secondpart", "whyamialive", "cause,Iareanidiot", "ohreally"]

^ gets output as wanted.

So, you should be able to give a flair with a comma by doing:

...
giveflair = [{"flair_css_class": "icedice", "user": username, "flair_text": "\"ayy, lmao\""}]
...

[bboe]

This issue is no longer present in PRAW4: https://github.com/praw-dev/praw/commit/739249f2b42631963308205143ed49a61c80e046