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import sys | |
from mastodon import Mastodon | |
from urllib.parse import urlparse | |
# Replace these with your own values | |
instance_url = 'https://fine-instance.social' | |
client_id = 'also called client key' | |
client_secret = 'yup yup' | |
access_token = 'uh huh' | |
# Create a Mastodon API client | |
mastodon = Mastodon( | |
client_id=client_id, | |
client_secret=client_secret, | |
access_token=access_token, | |
api_base_url=instance_url | |
) | |
# Get the command-line arguments | |
args = sys.argv[1:] | |
if len(args) == 1: | |
# Post a status update | |
mastodon.status_post(args[0]) | |
elif len(args) == 2: | |
# Post a reply to an existing post | |
parsed_url = urlparse(args[0]) | |
post_id = parsed_url.path.split('/')[-1] | |
mastodon.status_post( | |
args[1], | |
in_reply_to_id=post_id | |
) | |
else: | |
print('Usage: python post.py [URL] "Some status"') | |
print(' python post.py "Some status"') |
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