TootTicker

Requesting account information via Mastodon API and saving it as JSON.

Table of Contents

• Background
• Install
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Background

TootTicker is a Python script that fetches account information from provided Mastodon handles (@INSTANCE@USERNAME). The script utilizes the Mastodon API to retrieve details and saves this information in JSON files in the 'accounts' directory.

• It will also create a HTML overview with charts for each category

• Will follow all accounts in your config.json

• Will create all categories as lists in your Mastodon account and add accounts to it

Install

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Scobiform/TootTicker.git

Change into the project directory

cd TootTicker

Install dependencies

pip install Mastodon.py

pip install flask

Usage

TootTicker is currently under heavy development, and its features and commands are subject to change.

Run python3 TootTicker.py

Open localhost:5000 in your browser

Credits

Special thanks to the contributors from German media sites:

• Sebastian: @pertsch.social@Sebastian
• Mho: @social.heise.de@mho

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

License

TootTicker is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Libraries Used:

The following libraries are used in this project, each with its respective license:

• Mastodon.py: MIT License - View License
• Chart.js: MIT License - View License
• Flask: BSD License - View License
• Gunicorn: Multiple Licenses (MIT and others) - View License Details

Note:

Please ensure to adhere to the licensing terms of each library and tool used in your project.