mastodon-group-bot/README.md
2022-08-26 06:56:21 -04:00

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Mastodon group bot

This is a bot which implements group functionality in Mastodon.

Features

  • Repost toots
  • Welcome message of new members
  • Limit of toots per hour
  • Admin commands

Admin commands

  • unboost <Toot ID>
  • delete <Toot ID>
  • block <User ID>
  • unblock <User ID>

Configuration

The bot is configured in a JSON file that looks like this:

{
    "Server":           "https://example.com",
    "ClientID":         "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "ClientSecret":     "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "AccessToken":      "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "WelcomeMessage":   "We have a new member in our group. Please love and favor"
    "Max_toots":        1,
    "Toots_interval":   24,
    "Admins":           ["admin@example.com"]
}

Building

go mod init mastodon-group-bot
go mod tidy
go build

Setup services

For first copy config, binary and make dirs

mkdir /etc/mastodon-group-bot
mkdir /var/lib/mastodon-group-bot
chown nobody /var/lib/mastodon-group-bot
cp mastodon-group-bot /usr/bin/mastodon-group-bot
cp config.json /etc/mastodon-group-bot/config.json

Systemd

cp ./services/systemd/mastodon-group-bot.service /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-group-bot.service

OpenRC

cp ./services/openrc/mastodon-group-bot /etc/init.d/mastodon-group-bot

Usage

mastodon-group-bot -config <path> -db <path>