Action
Post to Mastodon with !Content Warning
Posted by agiletortoise,
Last update
almost 2 years ago
Example action demonstrating using the Mastodon API via script to post a public status update.
This example looks for a line in the drafts starting with “!”, and, if present, uses that line as a content warning for the post.
IMPORTANT: Before using this action, edit the first to “Define Template Tag” steps to enter the Mastodon instance host and credential identifier to use.
For more examples, see our Mastodon Integration Guide
Tested
Trusted memberSteps
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defineTemplateTag
name mastodon-host
template your.mastodon
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defineTemplateTag
name credential-id
template -
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) if (draft.content.trim().length == 0) { alert("No content found") context.cancel() } else { // setup content to use // remove any lines starting with !, and use those as a CW let contentWarning let lines = draft.lines lines = lines.filter(function(value, index, arr){ if (value.startsWith("!") && value.length > 1) { contentWarning = value.substring(1).trim() return false } return true }) let content = lines.join('\n') // post to the /statuses endpoing if (!m.updateStatus(content, contentWarning)) { console.log(`Post Failed: ${m.lastError}`) context.fail() } else { console.log(`Posted to Mastodon`) } }
Options
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After Success Archive , Tags: mastodon Notification Info Log Level Info
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