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@ -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