===== Usage ===== Running ``toot`` displays a list of available commands. Running ``toot -h`` shows the documentation for the given command. .. code-block:: none $ toot toot - a Mastodon CLI client Authentication: toot login Log into a mastodon instance using your browser (recommended) toot login_cli Log in from the console, does NOT support two factor authentication toot activate Switch between logged in accounts. toot logout Log out, delete stored access keys toot auth Show logged in accounts and instances Read: toot whoami Display logged in user details toot whois Display account details toot instance Display instance details toot search Search for users or hashtags toot timeline Show recent items in a timeline (home by default) toot curses An experimental timeline app (doesn't work on Windows) Post: toot post Post a status text to your timeline toot upload Upload an image or video file toot delete Delete an existing status Accounts: toot follow Follow an account toot unfollow Unfollow an account toot mute Mute an account toot unmute Unmute an account toot block Block an account toot unblock Unblock an account To get help for each command run: toot --help https://github.com/ihabunek/toot It is possible to pipe status text into `toot post`, for example: .. code-block:: sh echo "Text to post" | toot post cat mypost.txt | toot post Authentication -------------- Before tooting, you need to login to a Mastodon instance. .. code-block:: sh toot login You will be redirected to your Mastodon instance to log in and authorize toot to access your account, and will be given an **authorization code** in return which you need to enter to log in. If you don't use two factor authentication you can also log in directly from the command line: .. code-block:: sh toot login_cli You will be asked to chose an instance and enter your credentials. The application and user access tokens will be saved in the configuration file located at ``~/.config/toot/instances/config.json``. It's possible to be logged into **multiple accounts** at the same time. Just repeat the above process for another instance. You can see all logged in accounts by running ``toot auth``. The currently active account will have an **ACTIVE** flag next to it. To switch accounts, use ``toot activate``. Alternatively, most commands accept a ``--using`` option which can be used to specify the account you wish to use just that one time. Finally you can logout from an account by using ``toot logout``. This will remove the stored access tokens for that account.