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+# TootBot
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+A small python script to replicate tweets on a mastodon account.
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+The script only need mastodon login/pass to post toots.
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+It gets the tweets from RSS available at http://twitrss.me, then does some cleanup on the content:
+- twitter tracking links (t.co) are dereferenced
+- twitter hosted pictures are retrieved and uploaded to mastodon
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+A sqlite database is used to keep track of tweets than have been tooted.
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+This script is in use for a few accounts:
+- cq94 -> https://amicale.net/@cquest
+- Etalab -> https://mastodon.etalab.gouv.fr/@etalab
+- datagouvfr -> https://mastodon.etalab.gouv.fr/@datagouvfr
+- osm_fr -> https://fr.osm.social/@osm_fr
+- sotmfr -> https://fr.osm.social/@sotmfr
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+The script is simply called by a cron job and can run on any server (does not have to be on the mastodon instance server).