2.1 KiB
2.1 KiB
mstdn-ebooks
Lynnear Edition
This version makes quite a few changes from the original, such as:
- Unicode support
- Non-Markov stuff
- Stores toots in a sqlite database rather than a text file
- Doesn't unecessarily redownload all toots every time
Install/usage guide
An installation and usage guide is available here. It's primarily targeted at Linux, but it should be possible on BSD, macOS, etc. I've also put some effort into providing steps for Windows, but I can't make any guarantees as to its effectiveness.
Configuration
Configuring mstdn-ebooks is accomplished by editing config.json.
| Setting | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| site | https://botsin.space | The instance your bot will log in to and post from. |
| cw | null | The content warning (aka subject) mstdn-ebooks will apply to non-error posts. |
| instance_blacklist | ["bofa.lol", "witches.town"] | If your bot is following someone from a blacklisted instance, it will skip over them and not download their posts. This is useful for ensuring that mstdn-ebooks doesn't download posts from dead instances, without you having to unfollow the user(s) from them. |
| learn_from_cw | false | If true, mstdn-ebooks will learn from CW'd posts. |
| mention_handling | 1 | 0: Never use mentions. 1: Only generate fake mentions in the middle of posts, never at the start. 2: Use mentions as normal (old behaviour). |
Original README
hey look it's an ebooks bot
python3
install the requirements with sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
make a bot (probably on bots in space) and follow the target accounts
run python3 main.py to login and scrape
run python3 gen.py to make a toot
cron is an okay choice to make it toot regularly