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$ toot
toot - a Mastodon CLI client
v0.23.0
v0.27.0
Authentication:
toot login Log into a mastodon instance using your browser (recommended)
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you need to enter to log in.
The application and user access tokens will be saved in the configuration file
located at ``~/.config/toot/instances/config.json``.
located at ``~/.config/toot/config.json``.
Using multiple accounts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Finally you can logout from an account by using ``toot logout``. This will
remove the stored access tokens for that account.
Examples
--------
Post
~~~~
Post a status
-------------
The simplest action is posting a status.
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toot post "hello there"
You can also attach media:
You can also pipe in the status text:
.. code-block:: bash
toot post "hello media" --media path/to/image.png
echo "Text to post" | toot post
cat post.txt | toot post
toot post < post.txt
If no status text is given, you will be prompted to enter some:
.. code-block:: bash
$ toot post
Write or paste your toot. Press Ctrl-D to post it.
Finally, you can launch your favourite editor:
.. code-block:: bash
toot post --editor vim
Define your editor preference in the ``EDITOR`` environment variable, then you
don't need to specify it explicity:
.. code-block:: bash
export EDITOR=vim
toot post --editor
Attachments
~~~~~~~~~~~
You can attach media to your status. Mastodon supports images, video and audio
files. For details on supported formats see `Mastodon docs on attachments
<https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/posting/#attachments>`_.
It is encouraged to add a plain-text description to the attached media for
accessiblity purposes by adding a ``--description`` option.
To attach an image:
.. code-block:: bash
toot post "hello media" --media path/to/image.png --description "Cool image"
You can attach upto 4 attachments by giving multiple ``--media`` and
``--description`` options:
.. code-block:: bash
toot post "hello media" \
--media path/to/image1.png --description "First image" \
--media path/to/image2.png --description "Second image" \
--media path/to/image3.png --description "Third image" \
--media path/to/image4.png --description "Fourth image"
The order of options is not relevant, except that the first given media will be
matched to the first given description and so on.
If the media is sensitive, mark it as such and people will need to click to show
it:
it. This affects all attachments.
.. code-block:: bash
toot post "naughty pics ahoy" --media nsfw.png --sensitive
It is possible to pipe in the status text:
.. code-block:: bash
echo "Text to post" | toot post
cat post.txt | toot post
toot post < post.txt
View timeline
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-------------
View what's on your home timeline:
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toot timeline --once # don't promopt to fetch more toots
Status actions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--------------
The timeline lists the status ID at the bottom of each toot. Using that status
you can do various actions to it, e.g.:
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toot delete 123456
Account actions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
---------------
Find a user by their name or account name:
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toot unfollow someone@someplace.social
Using the Curses UI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-------------------
toot has a curses-based terminal user interface. The command to start it is ``toot tui``.