A small script for quickly posting to micro.blog + mastodon from your shell.

micro.sh

#!/bin/sh
# micro.sh: a small program for posting to micro.blog and/or mastodon. Probably poorly written shell, use at your own risk!
# Works well enough for me to use it as a daily driver for quickly posting to my micro.blog and mastodon account.
# Expected env vars
# - $MICRO_BLOG_API_KEY
# - $MASTODON_URL (should be of form https://{YOUR_MASTODON_DOMAIN_HERE}/api/v1)
# - $MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN
#
# Dependencies:
# - jq
#    - https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
#    - `brew install jq`
# - gum
#    - https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum
#    - `brew install gum` | `go install github.com/charmbracelet/gum@latest`

CANCEL="cancel"
EDIT="edit"
AUTH_HEADER="Authorization: Bearer $MICRO_BLOG_API_KEY"

# mb_get data from micro.blog with cURL
mb_get () {
    curl -s --header "$AUTH_HEADER" $1;
}

for i in "$@" ; do
    if [[ $i == "e" ]] ; then
        POST_URL=$(mb_get "https://micro.blog/micropub?q=source" | jq '.items[].properties.url[0]' | gum choose)
        POST_URL=$(echo $POST_URL | tr -d '"')
        echo $POST_URL

        UPDATE=$(mb_get "https://micro.blog/micropub?q=source&url=$POST_URL" | jq '.properties.content[0]' | tr -d '"' | sed 's/\\n/\n/g' | gum write)
        if ( $(gum confirm "Update post?") ) ; then
            echo "Post updated"
        fi
    elif [[ $i == "l" ]] ; then
        POST_URL=$(mb_get "https://micro.blog/micropub?q=source&limit=10" | jq '.items[].properties.url[0]' | tr -d '""' | gum choose)
        mb_get "https://micro.blog/micropub?q=source&url=$POST_URL" | jq '.properties.content[0]' | xargs printf | gum pager --
    elif [[ $i == "r" ]] ; then
        # TODO: figure out why this doesn't work... post is created and has @jahziel, but isn't a reply to the in-reply-to on micro.blog
        POST_URL=$(mb_get "https://micro.blog/micropub?q=source&limit=10" | jq '.items[].properties.url[0]' | tr -d '""' | gum choose)
        TEXT=$(gum write --width 50 --base.border double)
        RESP_JSON=$(curl -X POST --header "$AUTH_HEADER" "https://micro.blog/micropub?in-reply-to=$POST_URL" --data-urlencode "h=entry" --data-urlencode "content=$TEXT")
    elif [[ $i == "-h" ]] ; then
        echo "micro.sh: a small CLI for micro.blog"
        echo
        echo "usage:"
        echo "  mb\t#opens a text field for you to write a new post. submit your post with ^D"
        echo "  mb [command]"
        echo
        echo "available commands:"
        echo "  l: list out your micro.blog posts and view the one you select"
        echo "  e: select a post and edit it"
        echo "  r: select a post and reply to it"
        echo "  m: post only to your mastodon account. Make sure $MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN is exported with your access token!"
    elif [[ $i == "m" ]] ; then
        TEXT=$(gum write --width 50 --base.border double)
        RESP_JSON=$(curl -s -X POST "$MASTODON_URL/statuses?access_token=$MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN" --data-urlencode "status=$TEXT")
        echo $RESP_JSON | jq .url
        exit 0
    fi

    exit 0
done



TEXT=$(gum write --width 50 --base.border double)
RESP_JSON=$(curl -s -X POST --header "$AUTH_HEADER" https://micro.blog/micropub --data-urlencode "h=entry" --data-urlencode "content=$TEXT")