mastodon account note spider (all connected peers)

spider.py

import requests 

# What you want to search, lower case
SEARCH_TERM = "birdsite"
# Your home instance URL
INSTANCE_URL="https://opalstack.social"
# Number of accounts to search before stop
MAX_OFFSET = 10000

def grab_instance_domains():
  return requests.get(url=f'{INSTANCE_URL}/api/v1/instance/peers').json()

def spider(domains):
  for domain in domains:
    CURRENT_OFFSET = 0
    while CURRENT_OFFSET < MAX_OFFSET:
      try: r = requests.get(url=f'https://{domain}/api/v1/directory?offset={CURRENT_OFFSET}').json()
      except Exception as ex: 
        print(f'domain {domain} faild {ex}')
        break
      for account in r:
        try: 
          if SEARCH_TERM in account['note'].lower(): print(account['acct'])
        except Exception as ex: 
          print(f'domain {domain} faild {ex}')
          break
      CURRENT_OFFSET += 40

def main():
  print(f'SEARCHING FOR {SEARCH_TERM}')
  domains = grab_instance_domains()
  spider(domains)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()

To use this file, download it into an OS environment with python 3.7 or above.
Edit the search term.
Execute the file like this,
python spider.py

This file makes hundreds of outbound requests, and takes a long time to run. It is not fit for use within the app. It is a stop gap only.