tootbot/README.md
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## TootBot
A small python 3.x script to replicate tweets on a mastodon account.
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
- twitter hosted pictures are retrieved and uploaded to mastodon
A sqlite database is used to keep track of tweets than have been tooted.
Based on [github.com/cquest/tootbot](https://github.com/cquest/tootbot)
## Running
To run, fork this repo and enter the details for your bot account(s) in `templates/run-bot.sh`.
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.
Finally, you can deploy the bot with:
```
ansible-playbook tootbot.yml
```
## Examples
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