/mastodoner

programs for talking to a mastodon server.

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mastodoner

programs for talking to a mastodon server.

See LICENSE.md.

To Use

  1. Sync this repo:

    git clone https://github.com/HalCanary/mastodoner.git
cd mastodoner/

  2. Install go version ≥ 1.19 (https://go.dev/dl/).

  3. Execute:

    go build -o . ./...

  4. Create an access token by visiting this url:

    https://YOUR_HOSTNAME_HERE/settings/applications

    Grant the following access:

    • read:accounts
    • read:search
    • write:follows
    • write:statuses

  5. Create a config file ~/mastodon.json that looks like:

    {
    "AccessToken": "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN HERE",
    "Language": "en",
    "Host": "YOUR_HOSTNAME_HERE",
    "MaximumStatusLength": 500
}

  6. Write your status in a text file, e.g. STATUS.txt

  7. Update your status:

    ./poststatus < STATUS.txt

    or

    ./poststatus -spoiler 'Content Warning: US politics' < STATUS.txt