takes posts from instagram and posts them over to mastodon

Gemfile

source "https://rubygems.org"

gem 'mastodon-api', require: 'mastodon', github: 'tootsuite/mastodon-api'
gem 'instagram', require: 'instagram'

insta-to-masto.rb

require "bundler"
require "open-uri"

Bundler.require

# quick and dirty instagram client
client = Instagram.client(:access_token => [INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN])
m_client = Mastodon::REST::Client.new(base_url: 'https://mastodon.social', bearer_token: [MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN])

# get the last media item id
last_media_id = client.user_recent_media(count: 1).first.id

# forever
while true do
  # if there are new items
  if items = client.user_recent_media(count: 1)
    if items.first.id != last_media_id     # This gem doesn't support the min_id argument so :/
      last_media_id = items.first.id

      items.each do |item|
        # create a toot for each media item
        file = open(item.images.standard_resolution.url)
        media_file = HTTP::FormData::File.new(file)
        media = m_client.upload_media(media_file)

        caption = item.caption ? item.caption.text : ''

        m_client.create_status("#{caption} #{media.text_url}", in_reply_to_id = nil, media_ids = [media.id])
        puts "I TOOTED"
      end
    end
  end

  sleep 60
end

Good work! Looks pretty clean!

• You can get an access token for instagram using: http://instagram.pixelunion.net/ or do the handshake by hand using curl or postman
• For mastodon the following can help you quickly get an access token: https://tinysubversions.com/notes/mastodon-bot/index.html

Additional notes: Yes it's pulling the mastodon api directly from github this is bad but I wanted to really quickly get latest as it's in flux and latest is good for me right now.

Hi there LindseyB, I've just purchased / set up an instance via masto.host and I'd like to create a user and then feed an instagram feed / account via that user to the instance. Is this possible using the above?