A mastodon rss reader & toot bot.
Very simply, a script that reads a list of RSS feeds and toots anything new!
We measure "new" by the last time we posted.
by @mpoletiek
Major inspiration to be found below.
RSS Bot for Mastodon.
- Official Site: https://github.com/mpoletiek/mastodon_rss_bot
- Official RSS List: https://github.com/mpoletiek/mastodon_rss_bot/blob/main/rss_list.csv
- Official Feed: https://enlightened.army/@rssbot
import time, os, re, json, csv, requests, redis, pickle, argparse
from mastodon import Mastodon
from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import parser
import feedparser
import tokenlib_public
as you can probably guess:
tokens are storen in tokenlib_public.py
You will need to create this file first. Example can be found in tokenlib_public_example.py
This is where you set your bot name.
You must have a local Redis server to run this script. The redis DB password is stored in tokenlib_public.py.
First, initialize the Redis DB using
./run.sh i
This will initialize the Redis DB and store the first batch of news. From this point you can run the command normally, which will only post new stories every 1 minute.
./run.sh
New posts are collected and tooted out every 20 seconds.
Edit run.sh to adjust sleep to increase or decrease interval.
Here are some bots you can follow today.