Add documentation examples

docs/index.rst

@@ -81,7 +81,20 @@ Reading data: Statuses
 These functions allow you to get information about single statuses.
 
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.status
+
+Returns a single toot dict for the given status.
+
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.status_context
+
+.. code-block:: python
+    mastodon.status_context(<numerical id>)
+    # Returns
+    {
+     'descendants': A list of toot dicts
+     'ancestors': A list of toot dicts
+    }
+Note that this can only be called on statuses belonging to the currently logged-in user.
+
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.status_reblogged_by
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.status_favourited_by
 
@@ -91,6 +104,8 @@ This function allows you to get information about a users notifications.
 
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.notifications
 
+Returns a list of toot dicts for toots mentioning the current logged-in user.
+
 
 Reading data: Accounts
 ----------------------
@@ -99,13 +114,37 @@ their relationships.
 
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_verify_credentials
+
+These methods return an account dict:
+.. code-block:: python
+    mastodon.account(<numerical id>)
+    # Returns
+    {
+     'display_name': The user's display name
+     'acct': The user's account name (what you @ them with)
+     'following_count': How many people they follow
+     'url': Their URL; usually 'https://mastodon.social/users/<acct>'
+     'statuses_count': How many statuses they have
+     'followers_count': How many followers they have
+     'avatar': URL for their avatar
+     'note': Their bio
+     'header': URL for their header image
+     'id': Same as <numerical id>
+     'username': Usually same as acct
+    }
+
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_statuses
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_following
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_followers
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_relationships
+
+See following below for format of relationship dicts.
+
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_suggestions
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_search
 
+Returns a list of user dicts.
+
 Writing data: Statuses
 ----------------------
 These functions allow you to post statuses to Mastodon and to
@@ -113,17 +152,56 @@ interact with already posted statuses.
 
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.status_post
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.toot
-.. automethod:: Mastodon.status_delete
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.status_reblog
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.status_unreblog
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.status_favourite
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.status_unfavourite
 
+These methods return a toot dict:
+.. code-block:: python
+   mastodon.toot("Hello from Python")
+   # Returns the following dictionary:
+   {
+    'sensitive': Denotes whether the toot is marked sensitive
+    'created_at': Creation time
+    'mentions': A list of account dicts mentioned in the toot
+    'uri': Descriptor for the toot
+           EG 'tag:mastodon.social,2016-11-25:objectId=<id>:objectType=Status'
+    'tags': A list of hashtag dicts used in the toot
+    'in_reply_to_id': Numerical id of the toot this toot is in response to
+    'id': Numerical id of this toot
+    'reblogs_count': Number of reblogs
+    'favourites_count': Number of favourites
+    'reblog': Denotes whether the toot is a reblog
+    'url': URL of the toot
+    'content': Content of the toot, as HTML: '<p>Hello from Python</p>'
+    'favourited': Denotes whether the logged in user has favourited this toot
+    'account': Account dict for the logged in account
+   }
+
+.. automethod:: Mastodon.status_delete
+Returns an empty dict:
+.. code-block:: python
+   mastodon.delete_status(<numerical id>)
+   # Returns
+   {}
+
 Writing data: Accounts
 ----------------------
 These functions allow you to interact with other accounts: To (un)follow and
 (un)block.
 
+They return a relationship dict:
+.. code-block:: python
+    mastodon.account_follow(<numerical id>)
+    # Returns
+    {
+     'followed_by': Boolean denoting whether they follow you back
+     'following': Boolean denoting whether you follow them
+     'id': Numerical id (same one as <numerical id>)
+     'blocking': Boolean denoting whether you are blocking them
+    }
+
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_follow  
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_unfollow
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.account_block
@@ -137,6 +215,17 @@ to attach media to statuses.
 
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.media_post
 
+Returns a media dict:
+.. code-block:: python
+    mastodon.media_post("image.jpg", "image/jpeg")
+    # Returns
+    {
+     'text_url': The display text for the media (what shows up in toots)
+     'preview_url': The URL for the media preview on Amazon S3
+     'type': Media type, EG 'image'
+     'url': The URL for the media on Amazon S3
+    }
+
 .. _Mastodon: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon
 .. _Mastodon flagship instance: http://mastodon.social/
 .. _Mastodon api docs: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon/wiki/API