Mastodon Publisher

Publish content to Mastodon. Use when you need to share updates, posts, or media.

Usage

Post one or more statuses to Mastodon

Post a new status to Mastodon with Bun:

bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js '{"status": "Hello, Mastodon!"}' '{"status": "Goodby, Mastodon!"}'

JSON fields

Name	Description	Type	Example	Required	Default
`status`	The text content of the status	string	"Hello, World"	yes^1	N/A
`visibility`	Sets the visibility of the posted status	`public` or `private` or `unlisted` or `direct`	"private"	no	"public"
`language`	ISO 639-1 language code for this status	ISO-639-1 Language Code	"en"	no
`scheduledAt`	Datetime at which to schedule a status	RFC3339 date time	"2029-02-03T15:30:45.000Z"	no
`quoteApprovalPolicy`	Sets who is allowed to quote the status	`public` or `followrs` or `nobody`	"nobody"	no	"public
`media`	Media to be attached to the status	array of `{file, description}` objects	`{"file": "/path/to/foo.png", "description" : "Foo"}`	no^2

^1 status can be ommitted when one or --media-path parameters are present
^2 one or media objects must be present if status is ommitted
^2 media.description is optional

Environment Variables

Name	Description	Example
`MASTODON_URL`	Your Mastodon instance URL	`https://mastodon.social`
`MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN`	Your Mastodon access token	`xAyBzC`

Examples

Post a new status

bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js '{"status": "Hello, Mastodon"}'

Read the output and summarize it for the user.

Post a scheduled status

bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js '{"status": "Hello, future!", "scheduledAt" : "2030-02-05T13:21:34.000Z"}'

Read the output and summarize it for the user.

Post a scheduled status with visibility, language, quote approval policy, and a single media attachment

bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js <<EOF
{
  "status" : "Dorood",
  "visibility" : "public",
  "language" : "fa",
  "scheduledAt" : "2029-02-03T15:30:45.123456789+03:30",
  "quoteApprovalPolicy" : "followers",
  "media" : [
    {
      "file" : "/path/to/media.png",
      "description" : "Nowrooz Pirooz"
    }
  ]
}
EOF

Read the output and summarize it for the user.

Post a new status with media multiple attachments

bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js <<EOF
{
  "status" : "Edsger W Dijkstra",
  "visibility" : "public",
  "language" : "fa",
  "scheduledAt" : "2029-02-03T15:30:45.123456789+03:30",
  "quoteApprovalPolicy" : "followers",
  "media" : [
    {
      "file" : "/path/to/dijkstra.png",
      "description" : "Portrait"
    },
    {
      "file" : "/path/to/signature.png",
      "description" : "Signature"
    }
  ]
}
EOF

Post a new status with media attachments and no status text

bun {baseDir}/scripts/tootbot.js <<EOF
{
  "media" : [
    {
      "file" : "/path/to/flower-1.png",
      "description" : "White Rose"
    },
    {
      "file" : "/path/to/flower-2.png",
      "description" : "Red Rose"
    }
  ]
}
EOF

Notes

Requires bun to be installed and available in the PATH.