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Toot - a Mastodon CLI client
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Interact with Mastodon social network from the command line.
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.. image:: https://img.shields.io/travis/ihabunek/toot.svg?maxAge=3600&style=flat-square
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:target: https://travis-ci.org/ihabunek/toot
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.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/author-%40ihabunek-blue.svg?maxAge=3600&style=flat-square
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:target: https://mastodon.social/@ihabunek
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.. image:: https://img.shields.io/github/license/ihabunek/toot.svg?maxAge=3600&style=flat-square
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:target: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/toot.svg?maxAge=3600&style=flat-square
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:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/toot
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Installation
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From APT package repository
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This works for Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives.
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The repo is signed with my `keybase.io <https://keybase.io/ihabunek>`_ key.
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Add the `bezdomni.net` repository:
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echo "deb http://bezdomni.net/packages/ ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bezdomni.list
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curl https://keybase.io/ihabunek/pgp_keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -
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Install the package:
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.. code-block::
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt install python3-toot
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From Nixpkgs
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This works on NixOS or systems with the Nix package manager installed.
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.. code-block::
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nix-env -iA nixos.toot
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From OpenBSD ports
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Install the package:
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.. code-block::
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pkg_add toot
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Build and install from sources:
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.. code-block::
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cd /usr/ports/net/toot
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make install
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Thanks to `Klemens Nanni <mailto:kl3@posteo.org>`_ for handling the OpenBSD ports.
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From Python Package Index
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Otherwise, install from PyPI using pip, preferably into a virtual environment:
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.. code-block::
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pip install toot
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Usage
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-----
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Running ``toot`` displays a list of available commands.
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Running ``toot <command> -h`` shows the documentation for the given command.
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.. code-block::
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$ toot
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toot - a Mastodon CLI client
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Authentication:
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toot login Log in from the console, does NOT support two factor authentication
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toot login_browser Log in using your browser, supports regular and two factor authentication
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toot activate Switch between logged in accounts.
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toot logout Log out, delete stored access keys
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toot auth Show logged in accounts and instances
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Read:
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toot whoami Display logged in user details
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toot whois Display account details
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toot instance Display instance details
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toot search Search for users or hashtags
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toot timeline Show recent items in your public timeline
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toot curses An experimental timeline app (doesn't work on Windows)
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Post:
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toot post Post a status text to your timeline
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toot upload Upload an image or video file
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Accounts:
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toot follow Follow an account
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toot unfollow Unfollow an account
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toot mute Mute an account
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toot unmute Unmute an account
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toot block Block an account
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toot unblock Unblock an account
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To get help for each command run:
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toot <command> --help
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https://github.com/ihabunek/toot
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It is possible to pipe status text into `toot post`, for example:
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echo "Text to post" | toot post
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cat mypost.txt | toot post
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Authentication
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Before tooting, you need to login to a Mastodon instance.
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If you don't use two factor authentication you can log in directly from the command line:
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toot login
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You will be asked to chose an instance_ and enter your credentials.
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If you do use **two factor authentication**, you need to log in through your browser:
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toot login_browser
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You will be redirected to your Mastodon instance to log in and authorize toot to access your account, and will be given an **authorization code** in return which you need to enter to log in.
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.. _instance: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md
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The application and user access tokens will be saved in the configuration file located at ``~/.config/toot/instances/config.json``.
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It's possible to be logged into **multiple accounts** at the same time. Just repeat the above process for another instance. You can see all logged in accounts by running ``toot auth``. The currently active account will have an **ACTIVE** flag next to it.
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To switch accounts, use ``toot activate``. Alternatively, most commands accept a ``--using`` option which can be used to specify the account you wish to use just that one time.
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Finally you can logout from an account by using ``toot logout``. This will remove the stored access tokens for that account.
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License
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Copyright 2017 Ivan Habunek <ivan@habunek.com>
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Licensed under the GPLv3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
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