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A script for deleting old toots.
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Based partially on tweet-deleting script by @flesueur (https://gist.github.com/flesueur/bcb2d9185b64c5191915d860ad19f23f)
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# Usage
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This script requires Python3, the `mastodon.py` package and an API access token.
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1. Install Python3 if you don't already have it
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2. Install the mastodon package: `pip3 install mastodon.py`
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3. Copy example.config.py to a new file called config.py (e.g. `cp example.config.py config.py`)
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4. Log in to you Mastodon account
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1. Click the settings cog
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2. Click on Development
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3. Click 'NEW APPLICATION'
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4. Enter an application name, and give the app 'read' and 'write' Scopes
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5. Click 'SUBMIT'
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6. Click on the name of the new app
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7. Copy the 'access token' string
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5. Replace `YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE` in config.py with the access token string
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6. Set the base_url to match your mastodon server
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7. Set the `days_to_keep` to the number of days you want to keep toots before deleting them
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8. If you do **not** wish to keep all pinned toots regardless of age, change `saved_pinned` to `False`
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9. If there are any other toots you want to keep, put the ID numbers (without quotes) in the `toots_to_save` list, separated by commas. For example:
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`toots_to_save = [100029521330725397, 100013562864734780, 100044187305250752]`
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10. Run the script with `python3 ephemetoot.py`. Depending on how many toots you have and how long you want to keep them, it may take a minute or two before you see any results.
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11. To run every day use crontab:
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1. `crontab -e`
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2. `@daily python3 ~/ephemetoot/ephemetoot.py`
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# Bugs
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Please log an issue with as much detail as possible (but don't include your access token!).
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# License
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GPL 3.0+
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