mastofeeds/README.md
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mastofeeds

Newsfeed Bot for Mastodon

Publish to Mastodon's server the rss feed of your choice.

Dependencies

  • Python 3
  • Postgresql server
  • Mastodon's bot account

Usage:

Within Python Virtual Environment:

  1. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install all needed libraries.

  2. Run python db-setup.py to create needed database and table. It's needed to control what feeds are already published. db-setup.py will also ask you the feed's url.

  3. Run python setup.py to get your bot's access token of an existing user. It will be saved to 'secrets/secrets.txt' for further use.

  4. Run python mastofeeds.py to start publishing feeds.

  5. Use your favourite scheduling method to set python mastofeeds.py to run regularly.