resolve #12 - exclude toots with certain hashtags

README.md

@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ This script requires Python3, the `mastodon.py` package and an API access token.
 6. Set the base_url to match your mastodon server
 7. Set the `days_to_keep` to the number of days you want to keep toots before deleting them
 8. If you do **not** wish to keep all pinned toots regardless of age, change `save_pinned` to `False`
-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:
+9. If there are any other toots you want to keep, put the ID numbers (without quotes) in the `toots_to_keep` list, separated by commas. For example:
 
-   `toots_to_save = [100029521330725397, 100013562864734780, 100044187305250752]`
-10. You can keep toots with particular visibility (e.g. direct messages) by including that visibility in `visibility_to_keep`. For example the following would only delete public toots:
+   `toots_to_keep = [100029521330725397, 100013562864734780, 100044187305250752]`
+10. If you want to keep toots with a particular hashtag, list each hashtag in the `hashtags_to_keep` set (omitting the `#`):
+```python
+hashtags_to_keep = {'introduction', 'announcement'}
+```
+11. You can keep toots with particular visibility (e.g. direct messages) by including that visibility in `visibility_to_keep`. For example the following would only delete public toots:
 ```python
 visibility_to_keep = ['unlisted', 'private', 'direct']
 ```

ephemetoot.py

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ timeline = mastodon.account_statuses(user_id, limit=40)
 
 def checkToots(timeline, deleted_count=0):
     for toot in timeline:
+
+        toot_tags = set()
+        for tag in toot.tags:
+            toot_tags.add(tag.name)
         try:
             if config.keep_pinned and hasattr(toot, "pinned") and toot.pinned:
                 print("📌 skipping pinned toot - " + str(toot.id))
@@ -58,6 +62,8 @@ def checkToots(timeline, deleted_count=0):
                 print("💾 skipping saved toot - " + str(toot.id))
             elif toot.visibility in config.visibility_to_keep:
                 print("👀 skipping " + toot.visibility + " toot - " + str(toot.id))
+            elif len(config.hashtags_to_keep.intersection(toot_tags)) > 0:
+                print("#️⃣  skipping toot with hashtag - " + str(toot.id))
             elif cutoff_date > toot.created_at:
                 if hasattr(toot, "reblog") and toot.reblog:
                     print(

example.config.py

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ base_url = 'https://ausglam.space'
 days_to_keep = 30
 save_pinned = True
 toots_to_save = []
-visibility_to_keep = [] # options are: 'public', 'unlisted', 'private', 'direct'
+hashtags_to_keep = {'introduction', 'announcement'} # comma separated Set as strings, e.g. 'introduction'
+visibility_to_keep = ['private', 'unlisted'] # options are: 'public', 'unlisted', 'private', 'direct'