Automatically boost a Mastodon posts from a given user

mastodon_booster.py

# mastodon_booster.py
# Instructions: 
# 1) Create a Mastodon application from the Developer settings of your instance.
# 2) Save the access token in a token.secret file, along with this file, on your server.
# 3) Adjust the path to token.secret, the api_base_url and the account_username you want to automatically boost.
# 4) Configure your crond to run this script every hour. A way to do that is using the crontab -e command. 
#    Add this line:
#    30 * * * * /usr/bin/python3 /path/to/your/script.py >/dev/null 2>&1
#    You may decide to use a different frequency. If you do, make sure to edit also the timedelta on line 32.
#    If you do so, be mindful that frequent automatic boosting might be regarded as spammy behavior by some Mastodon 
#    instances and thus can get your account suspended. Please, read and comply with the rules of your instance.

from mastodon import Mastodon
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone

mastodon = Mastodon(
    access_token = "/path/to/token.secret",
    api_base_url = "https://your-instance-url.com"
)

account_username = "target-username"

def boost_toots():
    account_info = mastodon.account_search(account_username, limit=1)
    
    if account_info:
        account_id = account_info[0]['id']
        toots = mastodon.account_statuses(account_id)
        
        for toot in toots:
            created_at = toot['created_at']
            if created_at > datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc) - timedelta(hours=1):
                mastodon.status_reblog(toot['id'])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    boost_toots()