From 9eaf955bfc8bda2a2e114721347f9b2ccf06b055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erin Congden <erin.congden@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 10:35:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added local timeline support

---
 docs/index.rst       |  1 +
 mastodon/Mastodon.py | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 39af190..90e8478 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ user could see, as well as hashtag timelines and the public timeline.
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.timeline
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.timeline_home
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.timeline_mentions
+.. automethod:: Mastodon.timeline_local
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.timeline_public
 .. automethod:: Mastodon.timeline_hashtag
 
diff --git a/mastodon/Mastodon.py b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
index 1d0e69f..641c415 100644
--- a/mastodon/Mastodon.py
+++ b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
@@ -162,14 +162,20 @@ class Mastodon:
     ##
     def timeline(self, timeline = "home", max_id = None, since_id = None, limit = None):
         """
-        Fetch statuses, most recent ones first. Timeline can be home, mentions, public
-        or tag/hashtag. See the following functions documentation for what those do.
+        Fetch statuses, most recent ones first. Timeline can be home, mentions, local,
+        public, or tag/hashtag. See the following functions documentation for what those do.
 
         The default timeline is the "home" timeline.
 
         Returns a list of toot dicts.
         """
-        params = self.__generate_params(locals(), ['timeline'])
+        params_initial = locals()
+
+        if timeline == "local":
+            timeline = "public"
+            params_initial['local'] = True
+
+        params = self.__generate_params(params_initial, ['timeline'])
         return self.__api_request('GET', '/api/v1/timelines/' + timeline, params)
 
     def timeline_home(self, max_id = None, since_id = None, limit = None):
@@ -188,6 +194,14 @@ class Mastodon:
         """
         return self.timeline('mentions', max_id = max_id, since_id = since_id, limit = limit)
 
+    def timeline_local(self, max_id = None, since_id = None, limit = None):
+        """
+        Fetches the local / instance-wide timeline.
+
+        Returns a list of toot dicts.
+        """
+        return self.timeline('local', max_id = max_id, since_id = since_id, limit = limit)
+
     def timeline_public(self, max_id = None, since_id = None, limit = None):
         """
         Fetches the public / visible-network timeline.