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# Twoot
Twoot is a python script that extracts tweets from a twitter feed and
reposts them as toots on a Mastodon account.
Twoot is a python script that mirrors tweets from a twitter account to a Mastodon account.
It is simple to set-up on a local machine, configurable and feature-rich.
**UPDATE XX NOV 2022** VERSION 2.4 Added command-line option (`-u`) to
remove tracking parameters from URLs included in tweets. A tracking URL
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```
twoot.py [-h] -t <twitter account> -i <mastodon instance> -m <mastodon account>
-p <mastodon password> [-r] [-s] [-v] [-a <max age in days)>]
-p <mastodon password> [-r] [-s] [-u] [-v] [-a <max age in days)>]
[-d <min delay (in mins)>] [-c <max # of toots to post>]
```
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| -v | upload videos to Mastodon | *N/A* | No |
| -r | Post reply-to tweets (ignored by default) | *N/A* | No |
| -s | Skip retweets (posted by default) | *N/A* | No |
| -u | Remove trackers from URLs | *N/A* | No |
| -a | Max. age of tweet to post (in days) | `5` | No |
| -d | Min. age before posting new tweet (in minutes) | `15` | No |
| -c | Max number of toots allowed to post (cap) | `1` | No |
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## Background
I started twoot when [tootbot](https://github.com/cquest/tootbot)
stopped working. Tootbot relies on rss feeds from https://twitrss.me
stopped working. Tootbot relied on RSS feeds from https://twitrss.me
that broke when Twitter refreshed their web UI in July 2019.