Fix reddit command

[wookie184]

Description

This error is raised when running the reddit command with a custom subreddit, e.g. .reddit top r/python

2024-04-01 16:57:14 \| ERROR \| bot.exts.core.error_handler \| Unhandled command error: 0, message='Attempt to decode JSON with unexpected mimetype: text/html', url=URL('https://www.reddit.com/subreddits/search.json?q=r/python')

I've not investigated this further yet.

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[ibirothe]

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[wookie184]

If this issue is still up for grabs, feel free to assign me.

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[ibirothe]

The problem is located in the converters.py, where the search for a sub does return an html (likely 404 page).

I suggest to replace this with a request for https://oauth.reddit.com/r/{sub}/about.json to validate the existence of a sub.

Is that a valid approach in your opinion?

[wookie184]

The problem is located in the converters.py, where the search for a sub does return an html (likely 404 page).

I suggest to replace this with a request for https://oauth.reddit.com/r/{sub}/about.json to validate the existence of a sub.

Is that a valid approach in your opinion?

That approach sounds good to me!