Mastodon.py secret generation script

setupclient.py

# Mastodon.py client setup
# Install mastodon module with pip install --user Mastodon.py or equiv
# See https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ for more information
from getpass import getpass
from mastodon import Mastodon
import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = ("Generate secret file "
                                                "for mastodon.py api"))
parser.add_argument("name", help="Name of app, e.g. mybot")
parser.add_argument("base_url", help=("Target domain, e.g. "
                                      "\"https://mastodon.social\""))
parser.add_argument("email", help=("Email account is registered to, e.g. "
                                   "\"bot@example.com\""))

args = parser.parse_args()

password = getpass()

Mastodon.create_app(
         args.name,
         api_base_url = args.base_url,
         to_file = "{}_clientcred.secret".format(args.name)
)

mastodon = Mastodon(
        client_id = "{}_clientcred.secret".format(args.name),
        api_base_url = args.base_url
)

mastodon.log_in(
        args.email,
        password,
        to_file = "{}_usercred.secret".format(args.name)
)