masto-cron-image

Bot who send specified image (usefull for cron, like this name) and publish it on Mastodon or Pleroma (tested).

Copy the file .env.sample to .env and fill it with developers credential and your mastodon instance URL without https. You can also register your bot on a Mastodon instance and get the needed codes with the help of the script register-app.

Install the dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Use it

usage: bot.py [-h] -i IMG [-s] -d DESCRIPTION [-t TEXT] [--visibility {public,unlisted,private,direct}] [--spoiler SPOILER]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i IMG, --img IMG     Picture path
  -s, --sensitive       Make post as sensitive (default false)
  -d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION
                        Description of this picture (required)
  -t TEXT, --text TEXT  Text in toot
  --visibility {public,unlisted,private,direct}
                        Toot visibility (default public)
  --spoiler SPOILER     Spoiler text when sensitive is true

--img This argument requires the actual path of your image.
--description add an alt description on image.
--text add a text in your toot.
--visibility default is public. This argument is usefull if you would change the privacy of your toot. --sensitive Default is false. This parameter hide your image behind a CW. --spoiler Add a spoiler text when sensitive is true.