README.MD

Mastodon Image Bot

makes use of Mastodon.py, tweepy, pixivpy and pybooru

$ python bot.py -h
usage: bot.py [-h] [-c FILE] [-a] [-p] [-v]

simple scheduled image bot for your mastodon instance

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c FILE, --config FILE
                        specify config file
  -a, --add             add images to database
  -p, --post            post toot
  -v, --verbose         increase output verbosity

Setup

1. install the requirements.txt pip install -r requirements.txt
2. copy config.example.json to config.json and edit it to fit your configuration
3. add images to your db with python bot.py --config config.json --add and just follow the instructions on screen or manually edited the json file
4. When your finished start the bot with python bot.py -c config.json

Acquiring tokens

To get client_secret, client_id and access_token you need to create an application at your mastodon instance. You can either:

• start python create_app.py and follow the instructions

• or follow this guide: https://gist.github.com/aparrish/661fca5ce7b4882a8c6823db12d42d26