Add support for archiving toots into JSON files

README.md

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ You can now enter the configuration details for each user:
 | toots_to_keep | A list of toot ids indicating toots to be kept regardless of other settings. The ID of a toot is the last part of its individual URL. e.g. for [https://ausglam.space/@hugh/101294246770105799](https://ausglam.space/@hugh/101294246770105799) the id is `101294246770105799` |
 | hashtags_to_keep | A list of hashtags, where any toots with any of these hashtags will be kept regardless of age. Do not include the '#' symbol. Do remember the [rules for hashtags](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/posting/#hashtags) |
 | visibility_to_keep | Toots with any of the visibility settings in this list will be kept regardless of age. Options are: `public`, `unlisted`, `private`, `direct`. |
+| archive | The full toot is archived into individual files named by the Toot's `id` in this writeable directory. |
 
 All values other than `access_token`, `username` and `base_url` are optional, however if you include `toots_to_keep`, `hashtags_to_keep`, or `visibility_to_keep` you must make each a list, even if it is empty:
 

example-config.yaml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # toots_to_keep : a list of toot ids indicating toots to be kept regardless of other settings
 # hashtags_to_keep : a list of hashtags, where any toots with any of these hashtags will be kept. Do not include the '#' symbol
 # visibility_to_keep : any toots with visibility settings in this list will be kept. Options are: 'public', 'unlisted', 'private', 'direct'
+# archive : path to a writeable directory into which toots are "archived" as JSON files
 
 # you can list only one user, or multiple users
 # each user account should be preceded by a single dash, and indented, as per below
@@ -32,4 +33,4 @@
   access_token : AZ-Yj3aBD8U8Cm7lKUp-lm9O9BmDgdhHzDeqsY8tlL9
   username : bob
   base_url : aus.social
-  days_to_keep : 30 
+  days_to_keep : 30 

lib/ephemetoot.py

@@ -79,8 +79,17 @@ def checkToots(config, options, retry_count=0):
             + config['base_url']
         )
 
+        def jsondefault(obj):
+            if isinstance(obj, (date, datetime)):
+                return obj.isoformat()
         def checkBatch(timeline, deleted_count=0):
             for toot in timeline:
+                if 'id' in toot and 'archive' in config:
+                    print(toot)
+                    filename = os.path.join(config['archive'], str(toot['id']) + '.json')
+                    with open(filename, "w") as f:
+                        f.write(json.dumps(toot, indent=4, default=jsondefault))
+                        f.close()
                 toot_tags = set()
                 for tag in toot.tags:
                     toot_tags.add(tag.name)
@@ -317,4 +326,4 @@ def checkToots(config, options, retry_count=0):
             print( 'Attempt ' + str(retry_count + 1) )
             checkToots(config, options, retry_count)
         else:
-            print('Gave up waiting for network')
+            print('Gave up waiting for network')