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README.md

TwitToMast

Bypass paywalled APIs to crosspost from Twitter to Mastodon

Installation:

  1. Clone the repo and set up the script's dependencies
git clone https://github.com/pogmom/TwitToMast.git
cd TwitToMast
npm install

  1. Install Chrome Webdriver and set up your PATH as outlined in Step 3 here

  2. Retrieve your Mastodon API Key

    • From your Mastodon Account, go to Preferences > Development > New Application
    • Enter any name you'd like, press "submit"
    • You should see the application with the name you just gave it in your applications list
    • Click on its name, and copy the string of text to the right of where it says "Your Access Token"

  3. Update config.txt with your Mastodon account settings

    • Replace "API_KEY" on line 1 with the Access Token you retrieved in the previous step
    • Replace "API_URL" on line 2 with your Mastodon instance's API URL
    • Line 3 determines whether or not quote tweets will be sent to Mastodon
      • true: Quote tweets will be sent to Mastodon
      • false: Quote tweets will not be sent to Mastodon
    • Line 4 determines whether or not tweets that are part of threads will be sent to Mastodon
      • true: Thread tweets will be sent to Mastodon
      • false: Thread tweets will not be sent to Mastodon
    • While they can be independently configured, it's recommended that Lines 3 and 4 are set to the same value

Usage

node ./TwitToMast.js [username] [tweet count] [debug level] [disable posts]
  • username (string): the twitter handle of the user whose account will be scraped
  • tweet count (integer): the number of enabled tweets that will be scraped from the targeted account
  • debug level (0-2): Level of output that will be printed on screen.
    • 0 or omitted: the program will to run silently (no output on screen)
    • 1: The program will print what tasks it is working on and errors, but nothing more.
    • 2: The program will print what tasks it is working on and errors, as well as various other information necessary for troubleshooting.
  • disable posts ('noWrite'): disable posting tweets to Mastodon, useful for testing

How Types of Tweets are handled

  • Self Posts
    • Preserves Text, links, and still images
  • Quote Tweets
    • Preserves Text, links, still images, and link to quoted tweet
  • Retweets
    • Retweets are not cross-posted at the moment
  • Replies
    • To self:
      • Preserves Text, links, still images, but loses continuity (tweets are not stitched together in threads)
    • To others:
      • Replies to others are not cross-posted at the moment

Other important details

  • This program does not run on a loop on its own. If you need it to run automatically, you'll need to find a way to schedule the script to be executed periodically.