Post Poll to Mastodon

defineTemplateTag

mastodon-host

your.mastodon

defineTemplateTag

credential-id

script

// grab host-id from tags
let host = draft.processTemplate("[[mastodon-host]]")
let credentialID = draft.processTemplate("[[credential-id]]")

// validate values
if (host.length == 0 || host == "your.mastodon") {
	alert(`Mastodon host must be configured to run this action.

Edit action and set your Mastodon host name (like "mastodon.social") as the template value in the first "Define Template Tag" action step.
`)
	context.cancel()
}

script

// create Mastodon instance
let m = Mastodon.create(host, credentialID)

// setup content to use
let lines = draft.lines
let content = lines.shift() // first line in poll content
// loop over remaining lines to create poll options
let options = []
for (let ln of lines) {
	if (ln.length > 0) {
		options.push(ln)
	}
}
const expiresIn = 60*60*24 // 24 hours

// post to the /statuses endpoint
let path = "/api/v1/statuses"
let data = {
	"status": content,
	"poll": {
		"options": options,
		"expires_in": expiresIn
	},
	"visibility": "public"
}
let response = m.request({
  "path": path,
  "method": "POST",
  "data": data
})

if (!response.success) {
	console.log(`Post Failed: ${response.statusCode}, ${response.error}`)
	context.fail()
}
else {
	console.log(`Posted to Mastodon: ${response.responseData["url"]}`)
}