Metadata-Version: 2.0
Name: toot
Version: 0.3.0
Summary: Interact with Mastodon social networks from the command line.
Home-page: https://github.com/ihabunek/toot/
Author: Ivan Habunek
Author-email: ivan@habunek.com
License: MIT
Keywords: mastodon toot
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Requires-Dist: requests (~=2.13)
Requires-Dist: beautifulsoup4 (~=4.5.3)
Requires-Dist: future

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Toot - Mastodon CLI interface
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Interact with Mastodon social networks from the command line.

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   :target: https://mastodon.social/@ihabunek
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   :target: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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   :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/toot


Installation
------------

Install using pip:

.. code-block::

    pip install toot


Usage
-----

Firstly, you will need to login to a Mastodon instance:

.. code-block::

    toot login

You will be asked to chose an instance_ and enter your credentials.

.. _instance: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md

The application and user access tokens will be saved in two files in your home directory:

* ``~/.config/toot/app.cfg``
* ``~/.config/toot/user.cfg``

You can check whether you are currently logged in:

.. code-block::

    toot auth

And you can logout which will remove the stored access tokens:

.. code-block::

    toot logout

Show timeline
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To show recent items in your public timeline:

.. code-block::

    toot timeline

Post status
~~~~~~~~~~~

To post a new status to your timeline:

.. code-block::

    toot post "Hello world!"


