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A script to follow all accounts given via stdin on mastodon
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#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell | |
#! nix-shell -i python3 -p python3Packages.mastodon-py | |
from mastodon import Mastodon | |
import argparse | |
import sys | |
import time | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='follow a (newline terminated) list of mastodon accounts, given via stdin') | |
parser.add_argument('-t', '--token', help='oauth2 token') | |
parser.add_argument('--url', help='mastodon url (mastodon.social, chaos.social, ...)', default='chaos.social') | |
args = parser.parse_args() | |
mastodon = Mastodon( | |
access_token=args.token, | |
api_base_url = f'https://{args.url}', | |
) | |
for line in sys.stdin: | |
if 'Exit' == line.rstrip(): | |
break | |
search = mastodon.search(line.rstrip()) | |
mastodon.account_follow(search['accounts'][0]['id']) | |
print(f'[+] following {line.rstrip()}') | |
time.sleep(5) # bird does not like new users | |
print("[+] Done") |
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