CWSmith, 24 days ago Does anyone have a good post for generating a post bot? All I keep finding never really seems to make a lot of sense. #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #MastodonCommunity #Bots
Does anyone have a good post for generating a post bot? All I keep finding never really seems to make a lot of sense.
#Mastodon #MastoAdmin #MastodonCommunity #Bots
Tealk, 23 days ago @CWSmith I have built the following: https://codeberg.org/RollenspielMonster/simple-toot
@CWSmith I have built the following: https://codeberg.org/RollenspielMonster/simple-toot
stuart, 22 days ago @Tealk @CWSmith I find feed toot does the job: https://gitlab.com/jeancf/feedtoot
@Tealk @CWSmith
I find feed toot does the job: https://gitlab.com/jeancf/feedtoot
reiver, 24 days ago (edited 23 days ago) @CWSmith What do you want the bot to do?
@CWSmith
What do you want the bot to do?
CWSmith, 24 days ago @reiver Repost from an RSS feed I will setup from the sites I am building. I don't feel it needs to be too intensive, since it's just a quick pull and post of links with a formated message.
@reiver
Repost from an RSS feed I will setup from the sites I am building. I don't feel it needs to be too intensive, since it's just a quick pull and post of links with a formated message.
reiver, 23 days ago @CWSmith Which Fediverse software do you want the bot to post to? Mastodon?
Which Fediverse software do you want the bot to post to?
Mastodon?
CWSmith, 23 days ago @reiver Yes. At the moment I haven't setup any other software.
Yes. At the moment I haven't setup any other software.
reiver, 23 days ago @CWSmith How familiar are you with using HTTP based APIs? https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/statuses/#create Are you familiar with how to do an HTTP POST on a URL, using whatever programming language you are using?
How familiar are you with using HTTP based APIs?
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/statuses/#create
Are you familiar with how to do an HTTP POST on a URL, using whatever programming language you are using?
CWSmith, 23 days ago @reiver Not very, that's what I was trying to find in some of these how tos
Not very, that's what I was trying to find in some of these how tos
reiver, 23 days ago @CWSmith Do you have any programming experience?
Do you have any programming experience?
CWSmith, 23 days ago @reiver Very little. I keep trying to learn but...
Very little. I keep trying to learn but...
reiver, 23 days ago @CWSmith If your intent is to program the bot yourself, then — I would recommend first learning how to program BEFORE you try to create the bot. ... There is a good book meant to teach programming to those who have no programming experience. It is called: "Learn Python The Hard Way" If you read that, and do all the exercises in the book, you should be able to do basic programming.
If your intent is to program the bot yourself, then —
I would recommend first learning how to program BEFORE you try to create the bot.
...
There is a good book meant to teach programming to those who have no programming experience. It is called:
"Learn Python The Hard Way"
If you read that, and do all the exercises in the book, you should be able to do basic programming.
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