https://github.com/cquest/tootbot

python bot to clone tweets to a mastodon account
https://github.com/cquest/tootbot

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python bot to clone tweets to a mastodon account

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cquest/tootbot
• Owner: cquest
• License: agpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-05-28T07:34:54.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-03T06:52:06.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-15T15:38:00.760Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 53.7 KB
• Stars: 101
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 35
• Open Issues: 14
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# TootBot

A small python 3.x script to replicate tweets on a mastodon account.

The script only need mastodon login/pass to post toots.

It gets the tweets using **twint**, then does some cleanup on the content:

- twitter tracking links (t.co) are dereferenced

- twitter hosted pictures or videos are retrieved with **yt-dlp** and uploaded to mastodon

It can also toot RSS/atom feeds (see cron-example.sh).

A sqlite database is used to keep track of tweets than have been tooted.

This script is in use for a few accounts:

- osm_fr -> https://fr.osm.social/@osm_fr

- sotmfr -> https://fr.osm.social/@sotmfr

- macbidouille -> https://amicale.net/@macbidouille

- nextinpact -> https://amicale.net/@nextinpact

- opendata -> https://amicale.net/@opendata

The script is simply called by a cron job and can run on any server (does not have to be on the mastodon instance server).

## Setup

```shell

# clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/cquest/tootbot.git

cd tootbot

# install required python modules

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

# install additional required software

sudo apt install jq

```

## Useage

`python3 tootbot.py     [max_items [tags_to_add]]`

Example:

`python3 tootbot.py geonym_fr [email protected] **password** mastodon.mydomain.org`

It's up to you to add this in your crontab :)

With a plain RSS/atom feed:

`python3 tootbot.py https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/recent.atom [email protected] **password** amicale.net 2 "#dataset #opendata #datagouvfr"`