post

#!/bin/bash

# Set these environment variables and you can create a (text-only) post using
# your favorite command line text editor.
#
# - EDITOR: e.g. vim, emacs, etc
# - MASTODON_POST_HOST: the hostname for our Mastodon account, e.g. chaos.social
# - MASTODON_POST_TOKEN: an app access key with write:statuses permission
#
# See: https://gist.github.com/edsu/aa6f70bb20127b1e18e05dff5e470022

if [[ -z "${EDITOR}" ]]; then
  echo "⚠️   Please set EDITOR to something (e.g. vim, emacs) in your environment"
  exit
fi

if [[ -z "${MASTODON_POST_HOST}" ]]; then
  echo "⚠️   Please set MASTODON_POST_HOST in your environment"
  exit
fi

if [[ -z "${MASTODON_POST_TOKEN}" ]]; then
  echo "⚠️   Please set MASTODON_POST_TOKEN in your environment, get one by creating an app at https://$MASTODON_POST_HOST/settings/applications"
  exit
fi

post_dir=`mktemp -dt "mastodon-post.XXXXXXXXXX"`
post_file="$post_dir/post.md"

$EDITOR $post_file

if [[ ! -f $post_file ]]; then
  echo "🛑  cancelled posting..."
  exit
fi

curl --silent --header "Authorization: Bearer ${MASTODON_POST_TOKEN}" https://${MASTODON_POST_HOST}/api/v1/statuses --form "status=<${post_file}" > /dev/null

if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
  echo "🦣  post sent!"
else
  echo "😟  post failed" 
fi