A script to follow all accounts given via stdin on mastodon

mastodonfollow.py

#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
#! nix-shell -i python3 -p python3Packages.mastodon-py

from mastodon import Mastodon
import argparse
import sys
import time

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='follow a (newline terminated) list of mastodon accounts, given via stdin')
parser.add_argument('-t', '--token', help='oauth2 token')
parser.add_argument('--url', help='mastodon url (mastodon.social, chaos.social, ...)', default='chaos.social')
args = parser.parse_args()

mastodon = Mastodon(
    access_token=args.token,
    api_base_url = f'https://{args.url}',
)

for line in sys.stdin:
    if 'Exit' == line.rstrip():
        break
    search = mastodon.search(line.rstrip())
    mastodon.account_follow(search['accounts'][0]['id'])
    print(f'[+] following {line.rstrip()}')
    time.sleep(5) # bird does not like new users
print("[+] Done")