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README.md

@quotesbot

This is the code that posts to https://fyrfli.social/quotesbot.

Requirements:

  • some knowledge of the linux command line
  • python installed
  • a Mastodon-compatible API token for your instance
  • a json-formatted file of quotes to use formatted thus: 
    "quote": "quote"
"author": "author"

Your quotes file can either be in the local directory or accessible at a url.

To install:

  • Download the release package
  • Extract into your chosen directory:
    • mkdir quotesbot && cd quotesbot
    • tar xfz | gunzip source.[zip|tar.gz]
  • If you have other projects, you can create a virtual environment to run this code:
    • python3 -m venv .venv
    • source .venv/bin/activate
    • python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
  • Otherwise, just install from the requirements.txt: python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
  • Copy the env.example to .env and change the values to your own

To use:

  • You can either run the code without any arguments: python3 random_quotes.py or you can pass one argument through to the code to select a specific quote to post:
    • python3 random_quotes.py 1

Caveats

This is code is very rudimentary. It serves a specific purpose:

  • To post my favourite quotes to my timeline every few hours
  • To practice my python coding skills

Going forward

It is possible that I may continue to work on this to a point where it's a more sophisticated module, but I can almost guarantee that there are packages out there that do this and more with far more finesse.