Tootbot

Publish content to Mastodon. Use when you need to post a Mastodon status.

Mastodon Publisher

Publish content to Mastodon. Use when you need to share updates, posts, or media.

Usage

Post one or more statuses to Mastodon

Post a new status to Mastodon with Bun:

bash

bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js '{"status": "Hello, Mastodon!"}' '{"status": "Goodby, Mastodon!"}'

JSON fields

Name	Description	Type	Example	Required	Default
status	The text content of the status	string	"Hello, World"	yes^1	N/A
visibility	Sets the visibility of the posted status	public or private or unlisted or direct	"private"	no	"public"
language	ISO 639-1 language code for this status	ISO-639-1 Language Code	"en"	no
scheduledAt	Datetime at which to schedule a status	RFC3339 date time	"2029-02-03T15:30:45.000Z"	no
quoteApprovalPolicy	Sets who is allowed to quote the status	public or followrs or nobody	"nobody"	no	"public
media	Media to be attached to the status	array of {file, description} objects	{"file": "/path/to/foo.png", "description" : "Foo"}	no^2

• ^1 status can be ommitted when one or --media-path parameters are present
• ^2 one or media objects must be present if status is ommitted
• ^2 media.description is optional

Environment Variables

Name	Description	Example
MASTODON_URL	Your Mastodon instance URL	https://mastodon.social
MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN	Your Mastodon access token	xAyBzC

Examples

• Post a new status

  bash

  bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js '{"status": "Hello, Mastodon"}'
  

  Read the output and summarize it for the user.

• Post a scheduled status

  bash

  bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js '{"status": "Hello, future!", "scheduledAt" : "2030-02-05T13:21:34.000Z"}'
  

  Read the output and summarize it for the user.

• Post a scheduled status with visibility, language, quote approval policy, and a single media attachment

  bash

  bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js <<EOF
  {
    "status" : "Dorood",
    "visibility" : "public",
    "language" : "fa",
    "scheduledAt" : "2029-02-03T15:30:45.123456789+03:30",
    "quoteApprovalPolicy" : "followers",
    "media" : [
      {
        "file" : "/path/to/media.png",
        "description" : "Nowrooz Pirooz"
      }
    ]
  }
  EOF
  

  Read the output and summarize it for the user.

• Post a new status with media multiple attachments

  bash

  bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js <<EOF
  {
    "status" : "Edsger W Dijkstra",
    "visibility" : "public",
    "language" : "fa",
    "scheduledAt" : "2029-02-03T15:30:45.123456789+03:30",
    "quoteApprovalPolicy" : "followers",
    "media" : [
      {
        "file" : "/path/to/dijkstra.png",
        "description" : "Portrait"
      },
      {
        "file" : "/path/to/signature.png",
        "description" : "Signature"
      }
    ]
  }
  EOF
  

• Post a new status with media attachments and no status text

  bash

  bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js <<EOF
  {
    "media" : [
      {
        "file" : "/path/to/flower-1.png",
        "description" : "White Rose"
      },
      {
        "file" : "/path/to/flower-2.png",
        "description" : "Red Rose"
      }
    ]
  }
  EOF
  

Notes

• Requires bun to be installed and available in the PATH.