https://github.com/christianp/tootbib

A tool to toot a description of an entry from a bibtex file
https://github.com/christianp/tootbib

bibliography bibtex mastodon reference toot

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A tool to toot a description of an entry from a bibtex file

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/christianp/tootbib
• Owner: christianp
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-04-22T10:39:36.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-22T21:33:47.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-13T12:57:53.838Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: bibliography, bibtex, mastodon, reference, toot
• Language: Python
• Size: 26.4 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
A command-line tool to toot a random entry from [bib-site](https://github.com/christianp/bib-site).

Requires Python 3.

## To set up:

* Register a new app with the Mastodon instance: `tootbib register --mastodon `

* Log in to Mastodon: `tootbib login --mastodon  --email  --password `

## To use:

`tootbib --api_base_url  --bibsite ` will pick a random entry and create a toot.

## Other options:

* `--order ` - specify the order in which the pieces of the toot should be assembled. Default is `"title author collections abstract url pdf view"`

* `--appfile ` - path to the file in which to store the token for your Mastodon app.

* `--userfile ` - path to the file in which to store the access token for your Mastodon account.