commit ef3fab1f9af7b52fdee12259db799c31415c9792
Author: Ben Harris <ben@tilde.team>
Date:   Mon Jan 20 16:25:30 2020 -0500

    init

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+toot.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# toot
+
+small client for tooting to mastodon
+
+supply a credential file with `--creds` (see toot.json.sample)
+
+`toot` will default to looking for a file named `toot.json` alongside
+the executable.
+
diff --git a/toot b/toot
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+import click
+import emoji
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+
+@click.command()
+@click.argument('status', required=False)
+@click.option('--creds', default=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "toot.json"))
+def toot(status, creds):
+    # get config
+    with open(creds) as f:
+        config = json.load(f)
+
+    # set up connection to mastodon
+    mastodon = Mastodon(
+        client_id=config['client_id'],
+        client_secret=config['client_secret'],
+        access_token=config['access_token'],
+        api_base_url=config['base_url'],
+    )
+
+    # get status from argument or from stdin
+    if not status:
+        status = "".join(sys.stdin).strip()
+
+    # replace shortcodes with emoji :thumbsup:
+    status = emoji.emojize(status, use_aliases=True)
+
+    # check status length and post status
+    if len(status) > 500:
+        print("Status is too long, try again")
+    elif len(status) == 0:
+        print("Did you type a status?")
+    else:
+        print(mastodon.toot(status)["uri"])
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+    toot()
+
diff --git a/toot.json.sample b/toot.json.sample
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+{
+    "client_id": "",
+    "client_secret": "",
+    "access_token": "",
+    "base_url": "https://tilde.zone"
+}
+