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# Changelog
**14 JUL 2023** VERSION 4.2
Twoot can now handle threads. All tweets can again be uploaded on Mastodon. Tweets in a threads are
displayed in reverse chronological order in the main timeline (first tweet on top) to improve readability.
*When several toots are posted in the same run of toot it is possible that these toots do not appear in
chronological order on the timeline. If it is the case, try setting `upload_pause` to 3-5 seconds in
your config file to slow down the rate at which toots are uploaded.*
A list of nitter instances to use can now be specified in the config file
e.g. `nitter_instances = ["nitter.nl", "nitter.fdn.fr"]`.
If none is specified, the built-in list of 2-3 known good instances is used as before.
**12 JUL 2023** VERSION 4.1
**Nitter has recently added a change that highlights tweets that are part of a thread. Twoot cannot handle this modification yet therefore TWEETS THAT ARE PART OF A THREAD ARE CURRENTLY IGNORED.** A warning message is added to the log file instead.

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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.
**14 JUL 2023** VERSION 4.2
**17 JUL 2023** VERSION 4.3
Twoot can now handle threads. All tweets can again be uploaded on Mastodon. Tweets in a threads are
displayed in reverse chronological order in the main timeline (first tweet on top) to improve readability.
*When several toots are posted in the same run of toot it is possible that these toots do not appear in
chronological order on the timeline. If it is the case, try setting `upload_pause` to 3-5 seconds in
your config file to slow down the rate at which toots are uploaded.*
A list of nitter instances to use can now be specified in the config file
e.g. `nitter_instances = ["nitter.nl", "nitter.fdn.fr"]`.
If none is specified, the built-in list of 2-3 known good instances is used as before.
* Twitter threads are replicated on Mastodon: each follow-up message in a thread is posted
as a reply to its predecessor.
* An issue with downloading videos has been fixed ("ERROR: Sorry, you are not authorized to see this status").
> Previous updates can be found in CHANGELOG.
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* Fetch timeline of given user from twitter.com (through nitter instance)
* Scrape html and format tweets for post on mastodon
* Threads (series of replies to own messages) are replicated
* Emojis supported
* Upload images from tweet to Mastodon
* Optionally upload videos from tweet to Mastodon
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## Usage
```sh
```
usage: twoot.py [-h] [-f <.toml config file>] [-t <twitter account>] [-i <mastodon instance>]
[-m <mastodon account>] [-p <mastodon password>] [-r] [-s] [-l] [-u] [-v] [-o] [-q]
[-a <max age (in days)>] [-d <min delay (in mins)>] [-c <max # of toots to post>]
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### Removing redirected links
`-l` (or `remove_link_redirections = true` in toml file) will follow every link included in the
tweet and replace them with the url that the resource is directly dowmnloaded from (if applicable).
e.g. bit.ly/xxyyyzz -> example.com
`remove_link_redirections = true` in toml file (or `-l` on the command line ) will follow every link
included in the tweet and replace them with the url that the resource is directly dowmnloaded from
(if applicable). e.g. bit.ly/xxyyyzz -> example.com
Every link visit can take up to 5 sec (timeout) depending on the responsiveness of the source
therefore this option will slow down tweet processing.
If you are interested by tracker removal (`-u`, `remove_trackers_from_urls = true`) you should
If you are interested by tracker removal (`remove_trackers_from_urls = true`, `-u`) you should
also select redirection removal as trackers are often hidden behind the redirection of a short URL.
### Uploading videos
When using the `-v` (`upload_videos = true`) switch consider:
When using the `upload_videos = true` (`-v`) switch consider:
* whether the copyright of the content that you want to cross-post allows it
* the storage / transfer limitations of the Mastodon instance that you are posting to
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### Updating profile
If `-q` (`update_profile = true`) is specified, twoot will check if the avatar and banner pictures
If `update_profile = true` (`-q`) is specified, twoot will check if the avatar and banner pictures
have changed on the twitter page. This check compares the name of files used by twitter with the names
of the files that have been uploaded on Mastodon and if they differ both files are downloaded from
twitter and uploaded on Mastodon. The check is very fast if there is no update.
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An empty or missing `tweet_time_format` disables the display of the timestamp.
By default, dates are specified in UTC time zone. To convert the timestamp to another time zone,
use the `tweet_timezone` option in configuration file. Valid time zone names are those of the Olson time
zone database (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database>)
e.g. `tweet_timezone = "Europe/Paris"`
By default, dates are specified in the local timezone of the machine running the script. To display the timestamp to another time zone, use the `tweet_timezone` option in configuration file. Valid time zone names are those of the Olson time
zone database (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database>).
e.g. `tweet_timezone = "Europe/Paris"` or `tweet_timezone = "UTC"`
### Rate control
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No limitation is applied to the number of toots uploaded if `-c` is not specified.
If messages in a thread that are uploaded simultaneously appear in the wrong order, try setting
the `upload_pause` configuration variable in the configuration file to a few seconds (start with 3-5).
## Installation
Make sure python3 is installed.
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In your user folder, execute `git clone https://gitlab.com/jeancf/twoot.git`
to clone repo with twoot.py script.
If you want to use a config file to specify options (recommended), copy `default.toml` to
`[you_preferred_name].toml` and edit it to your preferences.
Add command line to crontab. For example, to run every 15 minutes starting at minute 1 of every hour
and process the tweets posted in the last 5 days but at least 15 minutes
ago:
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1-59/15 * * * * /path/to/twoot.py -t SuperDuper -i masto.space -m sd@example.com -p my_Sup3r-S4f3*pw -a 5 -d 15
```
After the first successful run, you no longer need to specify the password and yoiucan remove the `-p` switch.
## Featured Accounts
Twoot is known to be used for the following feeds (older first):