issue95.py

import pickle
from mastodon import Mastodon

INSTANCE = 'http://localhost:3000'

with open('app_credentials.pickle', 'ab+') as f:
    try:
        f.seek(0)
        (client_id, client_secret) = pickle.load(f)
    except Exception:
        (client_id, client_secret) = (
                Mastodon.create_app(
                    'mastodon.py issue #95 test',
                    api_base_url=INSTANCE))
        f.seek(0)
        pickle.dump((client_id, client_secret), f)

api = Mastodon(client_id, client_secret, api_base_url=INSTANCE)

api.log_in(input('login: '), input('password: '))

with open('z.png', 'rb') as f:
    media = api.media_post(f.read(), 'image/png')

print('Successfully uploaded media: {}'.format(media))
print('---')

status = api.status_post('toast (test poast)', media_ids=[media])

print('Successfully posted: {}'.format(media))

z.png