From 390becef63b3d306d8e4efd703a09042125bf147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Camille Frantz <camille.frantz@me.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 20:10:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] initial

---
 .nova/Configuration.json |  4 ++++
 README.md                | 13 +++++++++++++
 main.py                  | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .nova/Configuration.json
 create mode 100644 README.md
 create mode 100644 main.py

diff --git a/.nova/Configuration.json b/.nova/Configuration.json
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+{
+  "workspace.color" : 2,
+  "workspace.name" : "release tracker bot"
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# fedi platform release bot
+
+this program will run at a pre-defined interval to check for releases on the following platform repositories:
+
+- mastodon
+- firefish
+- hometown
+- akkoma
+- gotosocial
+
+other repositories can and will be added later.
+
+once a new release is discovered, the link and title will be posted to discord in a channel that can be subscribed to from other places.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
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+import dotenv
+import requests
+from discord import SyncWebhook
+from datetime import datetime as dt
+
+# initialise variables
+new_ts = dt.now()
+old_ts = ''
+
+# read in old timestamp if it exists
+try:
+    old_ts = open('last_check','r').read()
+except:
+    pass
+# load in the relevant .env variables
+dotenv.load_dotenv()
+conf = dotenv.dotenv_valules()
+
+# list with urls to check
+the_urls = [
+    'https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases.atom',
+    'https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/releases.atom',
+    'https://git.joinfirefish.org/firefish/firefish/-/releases',
+    'https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/akkoma/releases',
+    'https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases'
+]
+
+discord_user = conf['DISCORD_USERNAME']
+dicord_webhook_url = conf['DISCORD_WEBHOOK_TEST']
+webhook = SyncWebhook.from_url(conf['DISCORD_WEBHOOK_TEST'])
+
+# test the last release date against the last check date: 
+# if old_ts.rstrip() != '' and {{release_date}} > old_ts.rstrip():
+#   post
+# else:
+#   break
+
+# write out current check timestamp to file for next check.
+with open('last_check','w') as last_check:
+    print(ts.year + ts.month + ts.day + ts.hour + ts.minute + ts.second, file=last_check)