Fixing the reddit functionality. used to barf if you linked a reddit that didnt exist, now it just chceks for actual posts

app/dragon-bot.py

@@ -105,15 +105,14 @@ async def on_message(message):
 
     # Read messages and look for mentions of subreddits
     for word in message.content.split():
-        if message.author != client.user:
-            if '/r/' in word or 'r/' in word:
-                try:
-                    subreddit = word.split('/')[-1]
-                    # Try and request the page to check that it actually exists
-                    get_from_reddit.get_image(boards=subreddit, nsfw=True)
+        if (message.author != client.user) and '/r/' in word:
+            try:
+                subreddit = word.split('/')[-1]
+                # check if that subreddit exists by querying the length of this json blob
+                if len(requests.get("https://reddit.com/r/{}.json".format(subreddit), headers={'User-agent':'dragon-bot'}).json()['data']['children']):
                     await client.send_message(message.channel, "https://reddit.com/r/{}".format(subreddit))
-                except:
-                    pass
+            except:
+                pass
 
     if message.content.startswith('!8ball'):
         await client.send_message(