Introduction

Python program in a devcontainer that publish a tooth on Mastodon

Prerequisites

• Python 3 (allready installed on raspbian lite)
• Pip 3 to install requirements
  • Mastodon.py
• A Mastodon account: don't use your personal account
  • Create a new account
  • In the new account https://mastodon.social/settings/profile set "Require follow request" to true.
  • In the new account https://mastodon.social/settings/profile set "Htis is a bot account" to true.
  • In the new account https://mastodon.social/settings/preferences/other set the posting privacy to "Only Show to followers"
  • Then follow this new account from your personal account.
• A secure MQTT server on internet (dont use a public one). Some free options io.adafruit.com / cloudamqp.com

$ git clone https://github.com/NakamaLab/mastodon-dev-ontainer.git ./mastodon
$ cd mastodon
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

Create a config.json file with the following data

{
  "mastodon": {
    "access_token": "Application access token",
    "api_base_url": "https://mastodon.social')"
  }
}