Quick toot!

Use this script to quickly send a toot to your favorite mastadon instance.

Requires

• NodeJs

Install

Download or clone this git repo to a folder on your computer.

• Download and unzip
• Clone with: git clone git@github.com:comster/quick_toot.git

Configure

Open config.js and set the following values:

• mastadon_api_url: the URL of your mastadon instance API endpoint like "https://mastodon.social/api/v1/"
• mastadon_access_token: the app access token for the account you want to toot as (see below)
• toot_status: the default toot status text to send

How to obtain your mastadon account access token

• Go to your Settings > Development > New Application page: https://noagendasocial.com/settings/applications/new
• Enter an Application Name
• Click Submit
• Click on your new application name
• Copy the value of "Your access token"
• Paste it into your config.js as the value of mastadon_access_token

Run

Examples of how to run the script:

• node index.js
• node index.js 'This is my toot!'
• node index.js $'My multi-line toot\nhas swagger!'
• node index.js $'My cat' cat.png
• npm start
• npm start "Toot toot!"
• npm start $'My multi-line toot\nhas swagger!'
• npm start $'My cat' cat.png

You might want to run this by using a hotkey.