mastomigrate.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script to migrate a Mastodon-exported following list to micro.blog
# Generate an API key here: https://micro.blog/account/apps
mbapikey=AABBCCDDEEFF001122

# Then go to your Mastodon instances data export, e.g. https://mastodon.social/settings/export
# where you can download your following list in CSV format

# Then simply pipe that list to this script, for example:
# ~/Documents/mastomigrate.sh < ~/Downloads/following_accounts.csv

while read mastodonuser; do
    echo -n Bringing ${mastodonuser} to micro.blog…
    urlusername=$(echo $mastodonuser|sed -e 's/@/%40/')
    if curl -sf "https://micro.blog/discover/search?q=%40${urlusername}" -H "Authorization: $mbapikey" > /dev/null; then
	echo "OK! 😀"
    else
	echo "failed. 🤔"
    fi
    
    postdata="username=$urlusername"
    contentlength=$(echo -n "$postdata" | wc -c | awk '{print $1}')

    echo -n Following ${mastodonuser}…
    if curl -sf 'https://micro.blog/users/follow' -XPOST -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8' -H "Content-Length: $contentlength" -H "Authorization: $mbapikey" --data "$postdata" > /dev/null ; then
	echo "OK! 😀"
    else
	echo "failed. 🤔"
    fi
done