amber-ebooks/README.md

# mstdn-ebooks

**Lynnear Edition**

This version makes quite a few changes from [the original](https://github.com/Jess3Jane/mastodon-ebooks), 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](https://cloud.lynnesbian.space/s/jozbRi69t4TpD95). 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). |
| max_thread_length | 15 | The maximum number of bot posts in a row before it stops replying. A thread can be 10 or 10000 posts long, but the bot will stop after it has posted `max_thread_length` times. |


## 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
Oops! Wrong Name! 2018-10-11 02:27:49 +00:00			`# mstdn-ebooks`
WIP heroku support 2018-12-05 02:45:03 +00:00
initial commit 2018-10-09 01:11:51 +00:00			`Lynnear Edition`

link back the original source code 2018-10-11 02:27:32 +00:00			`This version makes quite a few changes from [the original](https://github.com/Jess3Jane/mastodon-ebooks), such as:`
initial commit 2018-10-09 01:11:51 +00:00			`- Unicode support`
			`- Non-Markov stuff`
Update README.md better, more descriptive readme 2018-10-11 02:24:58 +00:00			`- Stores toots in a sqlite database rather than a text file`
			`- Doesn't unecessarily redownload all toots every time`

			`## Install/usage guide`
better description for the guide 2018-11-26 05:47:34 +00:00			`An installation and usage guide is available [here](https://cloud.lynnesbian.space/s/jozbRi69t4TpD95). 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.`
initial commit 2018-10-09 01:11:51 +00:00
add an option to avoid creating fake mentions 2019-04-29 04:21:46 +00:00			`## 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). \|`
don't create infinite loop threads, finally fixes #17 2019-05-04 06:44:57 +00:00			\| max_thread_length \| 15 \| The maximum number of bot posts in a row before it stops replying. A thread can be 10 or 10000 posts long, but the bot will stop after it has posted `max_thread_length` times. \|
add an option to avoid creating fake mentions 2019-04-29 04:21:46 +00:00

initial commit 2018-10-09 01:11:51 +00:00			`## Original README`
			`hey look it's an ebooks bot`

			`python3`

Update README.md 2018-11-13 03:41:33 +00:00			install the requirements with `sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt`
initial commit 2018-10-09 01:11:51 +00:00
			`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`