https://github.com/lumenwrites/mastodon-hnbot

A bot posting the Hacker News stories with 100+ points to Mastodon
https://github.com/lumenwrites/mastodon-hnbot

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A bot posting the Hacker News stories with 100+ points to Mastodon

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lumenwrites/mastodon-hnbot
• Owner: lumenwrites
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-04-07T22:29:45.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-09-11T07:56:56.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-16T04:08:28.310Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: bot, hacker-news, mastodon
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://mastodon.social/@HackerNewsBot
• Size: 495 KB
• Stars: 38
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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README

        
A bot posting the Hacker News stories with 100+ points to [Mastodon](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon).

https://hackertribe.io/@HackerNewsBot

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raymestalez/mastodon-hnbot/master/screenshot.png)

# Usage

Create an account for the bot. For convenience you can use [email protected], to avoid registering a separate email.

Then run the command:

```

python3 ./hnbot.py "[email protected]" "yourpassword" "https://instancename.com"

```

# Run it regularly

You can use cron to run the bot regularly.

Run the command:

```

crontab -e

```

And at the end of the file add the line:

```

0,30 * * * * python3 /path/to/the/script/hnbot.py "[email protected]" "yourpassword" "https://instancename.com"

```

(this will execute every 30 minutes)