raccoon, 5 months ago

@Moon @wokenews Speaking of bots, is it hard to make one? I'd like to make a bot that posts raccoon pictures.

Moon, 5 months ago

@raccoon you need programming ability so probably yes.

raccoon, 5 months ago

@Moon
Oh well! Maybe in the future if I ever learn.
(Let's be realistic, never :P)

Moon, 5 months ago

@raccoon do you just want a bot that publishes pictures from a folder? because I think there's a bot that already exists for that that you could use with no proramming ability.

raccoon, 5 months ago

@Moon
It would take some time to build the folder but it would definitely be easier I reckon.
So it might work.

Moon, 5 months ago

@raccoon askfedi about it, I don't know what the script is called but there are multiple ones

graf, 5 months ago

@Moon @raccoon easy couple liner in python utilizing the mastodon.py library

script.py:

!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import sys
import toml

from mastodon import Mastodon

basepath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
settings = toml.load(os.path.join(basepath,'settings.toml'))

mastodon = Mastodon(
        access_token = os.path.join(basepath,'usercred.secret'),
        api_base_url = settings.get("mastodon_url")
)

media = mastodon.media_post("image.png")
mastodon.status_post("", None, media_ids=[media], sensitive=False, visibility='public')

settings.toml:

mastodon_url=""
mastodon_user=""

usercred.secret is just your bot's token generated from https://tools.splat.soy/pleroma-access-token/

then you can just chmod a+x script.py and run ./script.py $filename

this will require that you have a library of images tho not pulling them directly

Ukko, 5 months ago

@Moon moon has gone woke

why, 5 months ago

@Ukko @Moon this happened back in like 2019 when he transitioned from moonman