Creating Users, is it possible?

[GerritKuilder]

Hello,

I looked through the code, tests, examples etc.

I was not able to find a function that was able to create an account, is this possible?

Kind Regards,

Gerrit Kuilder

[neet]

Hi @GerritKuilder, thank you for posting a question. The answer is yes, you can create an account by the following code. There had been a bug in the old versions of Masto.js in order to create an account #808, so please make sure you've updated with the latest version before running the snippet.

import { login } from 'masto';

const client = await login({
  url: process.env.MASTODON_URL,
  accessToken: process.env.MASTODON_TOKEN,
});

const token = await client.v1.accounts.create({
  username: 'your_username',
  password: 'your_password',
  email: '[email protected]',
  agreement: true,
  locale: 'en',
});

// Prints your access token
console.log(token);

be sure that you have to click a link that is sent to your email address before access to your account.

I hope it helps

[GerritKuilder]

It might be a few days before I answer, as I am using another (older I think) mastodon api library. I would need to create a new app for it, I seem to remember that the mastodon api self allows for approval/confirmation of an account.

I am playing around with a few bots on my own mastodon server and creating the accounts is a bit of a hasle, so is setting it as a bit and getting the api keys.

I might get back with more questions,

Thank you so far and for the quick answer.

Kind Regards,

Gerrit Kuilder

[GerritKuilder]

Hello Neet,

I use standard JS so had to make some changes. In all it worked well except the agreement: true, I had to change that to a string (see the error below).
In the examples I saw some code for changing the avatar, that's also useful, I think I can also change the header (according to the mastodon api.

Oddly enough I was not able to log in, but as I am able to send updates scripts and can set avatar and header image (I think) and get a token I am happy for now.

The next thing I want to test is to listen to favourites/retoots etc, I wonder if I can do that for multiple accounts at the same time.

FYI: mastodon.loener.nl, it is a home run mastodon server, and mainly for a few image bots (one of them called ModernJapan, tooting Japanese graphic artists from the early 20th century)

Kind Regards,

Gerrit Kuilder

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    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:387:5)
    at write_ (node:_http_outgoing:843:11)
    at ClientRequest.write (node:_http_outgoing:808:15)
    at FormData.ondata (node:internal/streams/legacy:20:31)
    at FormData.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at FormData.CombinedStream.write (/home/gerrit/workspace/code/dev/ImageSearchAPI/node_modules/combined-stream/lib/combined_stream.js:138:8)
    at FormData.CombinedStream._pipeNext (/home/gerrit/workspace/code/dev/ImageSearchAPI/node_modules/combined-stream/lib/combined_stream.js:126:8)
    at FormData.CombinedStream._realGetNext (/home/gerrit/workspace/code/dev/ImageSearchAPI/node_modules/combined-stream/lib/combined_stream.js:99:10)
    at FormData.CombinedStream._getNext (/home/gerrit/workspace/code/dev/ImageSearchAPI/node_modules/combined-stream/lib/combined_stream.js:82:12)
    at FormData.CombinedStream.resume (/home/gerrit/workspace/code/dev/ImageSearchAPI/node_modules/combined-stream/lib/combined_stream.js:154:10) {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'

[GerritKuilder]

A bit of an old answer, so not relevant further