tweet-toot/run.py

import encodings.idna
import helpers
import social
import sys


if __name__ == "__main__":

    """ It all starts here...

    This function will get a new Tweet from the configured Twitter account and publish to the configured Mastodon instance.
    It will only toot once per invokation to avoid flooding the instance.
    """

    tweets = social.getTweets()

    if not tweets:
        helpers._error("__main__ => No tweets fetched.")
        sys.exit()

    helpers._info(f"__main__ => {len(tweets)} tweets fetched.")

    for tweet in tweets:
        if social.tootTheTweet(tweet):
            helpers._info(f'__main__ => Tooted "{tweet["text"]}"')
            helpers._info("__main__ => Tooting less is tooting more. Sleeping...")
            sys.exit()