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# Tweet-Toot
Tweet-Toot is a small Python3 script(s) to convert a tweet to a toot. It's basically a Twitter relay for Mastodon.
Tweet-Toot is a small Python3 project to convert a tweet to a toot. It's basically a Twitter relay for Mastodon.
The way it works is this: Tweet-Toot can "watch" a Twitter account and repost new tweets to any Mastodon account you configure. Just clone this repo, configure the script, add it to a cron job, and it will repost a new content.
The way it works is this: add Tweet-Toot as a cron job, and it will repost new tweets to any Mastodon account you configure. Just clone this repo, configure the script, add it to a cron job, and it will get cracking.
## How do I install this?
Getting Tweet-Toot working is pretty easy. Before you can install it, you're going to need the following:
Getting Tweet-Toot working is pretty easy. Before you can install it, you're going to need to do the following:
- Pick a Mastodon instance of your choice. You'll need this instance URL.
- Create an app on the Mastodon instance of your choice and generate an access token.
- You'll also need the Twitter URL of the account you want to watch.
- Pick a Mastodon instance of your choice. You'll need this instance's URL.
- Create an app on this Mastodon instance and generate an access token.
- Get the Twitter URL of the account you want to watch.
Once you have the above, just follow these steps:
1. Clone this repository.
2. Install the Python3 libraries `requests` and `beautifulsoup` mentioned in the `requirements.txt` file.
3. In `config.json`, update `tweets.source_account_url` with the source Twitter account, `toots.host_instance` with the HTTPS URL of your instance, and `toots.app_secure_token` with the access token you generated.
3. In `config.json`, update the following:
- `tweets.source_account_url`: The source Twitter account.
- `toots.host_instance`: The HTTPS URL of your instance.
- `toots.app_secure_token`: The Mastodon app access token.
For example:
`tweets.source_account_url` = https://twitter.com/SarcasmMother
`toots.host_instance` = https://botsin.space
`toots.app_secure_token` = XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX'
- `tweets.source_account_url` = https://twitter.com/SarcasmMother
- `toots.host_instance` = https://botsin.space
- `toots.app_secure_token` = XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX'
## How do I run it?