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This is really to reduce latency for users. Boosts take forever to fetch and replies are not something people usually want to see.
Mastofeed
Embed a mastodon feed in your blog et cetera.
User guide
The homepage has a tool for generating iframe code for you, with a sensible sandbox attribute. The feeds fit comfortably in a 400px wide area.
API
V2
GET /apiv2/feed
example:
/api/feed?userurl=https%3A%2F%2Foctodon.social%2Fusers%2Ffenwick67&scale=90&theme=light
Returns a html page which displays a mastodon feed for a user URL. Note that URLs must be URI encoded (i.e. encodeURIComponent('https://octodon.social/users/fenwick67') ).
Querystring options:
| option | required | description |
|---|---|---|
userurl |
yes | Mastodon/ActivityPub account URL (usually https://${instance}/users/${username}) |
feedurl |
no | a URL to a page of an ActivityPub post collection. Only used for pages beyond the first. |
theme |
no | either dark or light, to select the UI theme (default is dark). |
boosts |
no | whether to show boosts or not |
replies |
no | whether to show replies or not |
size |
no | the scale of the UI in percent. |
V1 (deprecated, will now just redirect you to the v2 API)
GET /api/feed
example:
/api/feed?url=https%3A%2F%2Foctodon.social%2Fusers%2Ffenwick67.atom&scale=90&theme=light
Returns a html page which displays a mastodon feed for an atom feed URL. Note that URLs must be URI encoded (i.e. encodeURIComponent('https://octodon.social/users/fenwick67.atom') ).
Querystring options:
| option | required | description |
|---|---|---|
url |
yes | Mastodon Atom feed URL |
theme |
no | either dark or light, to select the UI theme (default is dark). |
size |
no | the scale of the UI in percent. |
Server Installation
This is a straightforward node project with zero databases or anything, you should just be able to run npm install and then npm start to get up and running. Set your PORT environment variable to change the port it listens on.
Improve me
Feel free to add a chaching layer, improve the styles and add more features.