Does not work with new 2FA enabled

[scottjl]

Reddit has implemented a 2FA option. If this is enabled on the account schreddit fails with:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/shreddit", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/shreddit/app.py", line 44, in main
    shredder = Shredder(default_config, args.user)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/shreddit/shredder.py", line 28, in __init__
    self._connect()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/shreddit/shredder.py", line 85, in _connect
    raise ShredditError("Bad username or password")
shreddit.util.ShredditError: 'Bad username or password'

Disabling 2FA allows it to work again.

[arbie65]

this is an issue with praw more so than shreddit. It is supported but a PITA.

Edit praw.ini and in the password field set it so it's password:2fa_code, then run shreddit

[arcataroger]

That worked one time. Thanks, @arbie65!

Sadly, it stopped working once the 2FA code renewed =/

[ghost]

Hmmm changing the PW field to a 2FA code did nothing for me. I mean, why would that work? Surely you need a password still.

Only way so far is to disable 2fa when you want to use shreddit. Pretty annoying but liveable.

[arcataroger]

No, you can do it like this: password:2facode

(first the password, then a colon, then the 2fa code)

But it only works once time. The next 2FA code change a minute or two later will break it.

[grrrrr]

@arcataroger you need to put in the updated 2fa code each time you want to run shreddit.

[opark]

would it be too much to implement TOTP so a user would provide the shared secret instead of 2FA code? there are libraries for it out there. this is so we could use the script with cron.

[grrrrr]

@opark this is a request for praw-dev/praw which handles the authentication