2022-11-25 13:46:27 -05:00
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# toota-palooza
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2022-11-25 14:05:08 -05:00
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Python program to fill a mastodon timeline with randomized toots.
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# Setting up a Dev environment
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So you want to run this yourself, eh?
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You need:
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1. A bot account on an instance. Go create one. Do **not** enable MFA on it.
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2. Python
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## Python prep
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1. Check out the code. Build it and install it in your working environment.
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1. If you have the `build` package for python, you can run `pyproject-build`
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2. Alternatively you can run `pip install -r requirements.txt`
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3. Assuming your current working directory is the root of this repository, install into your build environment with `pip install -e .`
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2. Copy the `example.env` file to a file named `.env` in the root of this repo.
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3. Edit that `.env` file to contain all the secrets!
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## Initialise your Mastodon app
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This is a one-time thing you do ever. First time you go to run the bot in a new environment where it hasn't run before.
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1. Find `toota-palooza/__init__.py` and edit it
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2. Edit the lines to uncomment them and change any values you need to (like app name and server)
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3. Run it one time (e.g., `python __init__.py`). It should just exit, creating the file.
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4. Edit the file and comment the lines out again. You just do that once.
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# Running
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Assuming everything is up to date, all your files initialised with correct values, you can just run `toota-palooza`.
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Currently it runs once, does its stuff, and exits.
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