mastodon.py's Introduction

Mastodon.py

from mastodon import Mastodon

# Register app - only once!
'''
Mastodon.create_app(
     'pytooterapp',
     api_base_url = 'https://mastodon.social',
     to_file = 'pytooter_clientcred.secret'
)
'''

# Log in - either every time, or use persisted
'''
mastodon = Mastodon(
    client_id = 'pytooter_clientcred.secret',
    api_base_url = 'https://mastodon.social'
)
mastodon.log_in(
    '[email protected]',
    'incrediblygoodpassword',
    to_file = 'pytooter_usercred.secret'
)
'''

# Create actual API instance
mastodon = Mastodon(
    client_id = 'pytooter_clientcred.secret', 
    access_token = 'pytooter_usercred.secret',
    api_base_url = 'https://mastodon.social'
)
mastodon.toot('Tooting from python using #mastodonpy !')

Python wrapper for the Mastodon ( https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/ ) API. Feature complete for public API as of Mastodon version 2.2.0 and easy to get started with.

You can install Mastodon.py via pypi:

# Python 2
pip install Mastodon.py

# Python 3
pip3 install Mastodon.py

Full documentation and basic usage examples can be found at http://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ .

Acknowledgements

Mastodon.py contains work by a large amount of contributors, many of which have put significant work into making it a better library. You can find some information about who helped with which particular feature or fix in the changelog.