A bot that posts images to the Fediverse https://blog.froth.zone/sam/the-end-of-an-era
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fediverse-imagebot

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A bot that posts (currently only local) images to the Fediverse.

Should be compatible with Mastodon, Misskey and Pleroma!

Quick start guide

  1. You need to have npm and nodejs installed.
  • Node 15 or greater is required.
  1. Install yarn:
    npm install --global yarn
  • This may be need to ran with sudo depending on your installation.
  1. Clone the repository:
    git clone https://git.freecumextremist.com/NotSam/fediverse-imagebot.git

  2. Install dependencies:
    yarn

  3. Build:
    yarn build

  4. Obtain a token. This can be done with an external tool or obtained by running yarn token and following the directions.

  • yarn token will generate a configuration file located at config.json
  1. Put images in the images folder.
  • By default the bot will look for SFW images at images/sfw and NSFW images at images/nsfw. This can be configured with the -d flag.
  1. Run the bot:
    yarn local

You're done! The bot should post a local image to the fediverse instance of your choosing!

Automating the bot

TODO: Elaborate more

The bot can be automated to post images at set times using a cronjob.
Example cron configuration:

0 * * * * cd /path/to/fediverse-imagebot && /usr/local/bin/yarn local -m "Message"

This example will run the bot every hour on the hour with the post message Message using images from the default images directory.

An example of this configuration can be found at https://froth.zone/rinbot.

Additional information

Additional help can be found by running yarn local -h or yarn token -h.