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## TootBot
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A small python 3.x script to replicate tweets on a mastodon account.
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The script only need mastodon login/pass to post toots. It can run on any server (does not have to
be on the mastodon instance server).
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It gets the tweets from RSS available at nitter.net, then does some cleanup on the content:
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- twitter tracking links (t.co) are dereferenced
- twitter hosted pictures are retrieved and uploaded to mastodon
A sqlite database is used to keep track of tweets than have been tooted.
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Based on [github.com/cquest/tootbot](https://github.com/cquest/tootbot)
## Running
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To run, fork this repo and enter the details for your bot account(s) in `templates/run-bot.sh`.
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Then copy `inventory.example` to `inventory` and enter your server connection details and the
password for your Mastodon bot account(s). All bots need to have the same password.
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Finally, you can deploy the bot with:
```
ansible-playbook tootbot.yml
```
## Examples
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I am using this bot for the following accounts:
https://newsbots.eu/@telesur_en
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https://newsbots.eu/@telesur_es
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https://newsbots.eu/@granma
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https://newsbots.eu/@derpostillon
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https://newsbots.eu/@telepolis