From f48ec1e899d4edfd3ff4eb3f7658742ade8a7cbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Ableitner Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 21:58:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 23467bb..ef00bf6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ A small python 3.x script to replicate tweets on a mastodon account. -The script only need mastodon login/pass to post toots. +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). It gets the tweets from RSS available at http://twitrss.me, then does some cleanup on the content: - twitter tracking links (t.co) are dereferenced @@ -10,12 +11,15 @@ It gets the tweets from RSS available at http://twitrss.me, then does some clean A sqlite database is used to keep track of tweets than have been tooted. +To run, fork this repo and enter the details for your bot account(s) in `templates/run-bot.sh`. -This script is in use for a few accounts: -- cq94 -> https://amicale.net/@cquest -- Etalab -> https://mastodon.etalab.gouv.fr/@etalab -- datagouvfr -> https://mastodon.etalab.gouv.fr/@datagouvfr -- osm_fr -> https://fr.osm.social/@osm_fr -- sotmfr -> https://fr.osm.social/@sotmfr +Based on [github.com/cquest/tootbot](https://github.com/cquest/tootbot) -The script is simply called by a cron job and can run on any server (does not have to be on the mastodon instance server). +I am using this bot for the following accounts: + +https://newsbots.eu/@itsgoingdown +https://newsbots.eu/@telesur_en +https://newsbots.eu/@telesur_es +https://newsbots.eu/@granma +https://newsbots.eu/@derpostillon +https://newsbots.eu/@telepolis