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# Twoot
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Twoot is a python script that extracts tweets from a twitter feed and
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reposts them as toots on a Mastodon account.
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I started twoot when [tootbot](https://github.com/cquest/tootbot)
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stopped working. Tootbot relies on rss feeds from https://twitrss.me
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that broke when Twitter refreshed their web UI in July 2019.
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Instead twoot is self contained and handles all the processing.
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**UPDATE 05 APR 2020** VERSION 1.0. Twoot can now optionally download
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videos from Twitter and upload them on Mastodon.
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**UPDATE 17 MAR 2020** Added command line switch (`-r`) to also post
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reply-to tweets on the mastodon account. They will not be included by
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default anymore.
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**UPDATE 06 MAR 2020** Added functionality to automatically get images
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from tweets considered as "sensitive content"
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**UPDATE 15 FEB 2020** Twoot has been rewritten to make use of the
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mobile twitter page without JavaScript after the breaking change
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of last week.
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# Features
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* Fetch timeline of given users from twitter.com
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* Scrape html and formats tweets for post on mastodon
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* Emojis supported
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* Optionally upload videos from tweet to Mastodon
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* Upload images from tweet to Mastodon
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* Specify maximum age of tweet to be considered
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* Specify minimum delay before considering a tweet for upload
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* Remember tweets already tooted to prevent double posting
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* Optionally post reply-to tweets on the mastodon account
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# usage
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```
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twoot.py [-h] -t <twitter account> -i <mastodon instance> -m <mastodon
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account> -p <mastodon password> [-r] [-v]
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[-a <max age in days>] [-d <min delay in mins>]
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```
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# arguments
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Assuming that the Twitter handle is @SuperDuperBot and the Mastodon account
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is @superduperbot@botsin.space
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|Switch |Description | Example | Req |
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|-------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----|
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| -t | twitter account name without '@' | `SuperDuper` | Yes |
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| -i | Mastodon instance domain name | `botsin.space` | Yes |
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| -m | Mastodon username | `superduperbot` | Yes |
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| -p | Mastodon password | `my_Sup3r-S4f3*pw` | Yes |
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| -v | upload videos to Mastodon | *N/A* | No |
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| -r | Post reply-to tweets (ignored by default) | *N/A* | No |
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| -a | Max. age of tweet to post (in days) | `5` | No |
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| -d | Min. delay before posting new tweet (in minutes) | `15` | No |
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When using the `-v` switch consider:
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* whether the copyright of the content that you want to cross-post allows it
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* the storage / transfer limitations of the Mastodon instance that you are posting to
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* the upstream bandwidth that you may consume on your internet connection
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Default max age is 1 day. Decimal values are OK.
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Default min delay is 0 minutes.
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# installation
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Make sure python3 is installed.
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Twoot depends on `beautifulsoup4` and `Mastodon.py` python modules.
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**Only If you plan to download videos** with the `-v` switch, are the additional dependencies required:
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* Python modules `m3u8` and `ffmpeg-python`
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* [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) (installed with the package manager of your distribution)
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```
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> pip install beautifulsoup4 Mastodon.py m3u8 ffmpeg-python
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```
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In your user folder, execute `git clone https://gitlab.com/jeancf/twoot.git`
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to clone repo with twoot.py script.
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Add command line to crontab. For example, to run every 15 minutes starting at minute 1 of every hour
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and process the tweets posted in the last 5 days but at least 15 minutes
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ago:
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```
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1-59/15 * * * * /path/to/twoot.py -t SuperDuperBot -i botsin.space -m superduperbot -p my_Sup3r-S4f3*pw -a 5 -d 15
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```
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