testing tooting
',\n", " 'reblog': None,\n", " 'application': {'name': 'bots-as-infrapunctures', 'website': None},\n", " 'account': {'id': 259694,\n", " 'username': 'infrapunctures',\n", " 'acct': 'infrapunctures',\n", " 'display_name': '',\n", " 'locked': False,\n", " 'bot': False,\n", " 'discoverable': None,\n", " 'group': False,\n", " 'created_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 10, 2, 12, 51, 39, 454000, tzinfo=tzutc()),\n", " 'note': '',\n", " 'url': 'https://botsin.space/@infrapunctures',\n", " 'avatar': 'https://botsin.space/avatars/original/missing.png',\n", " 'avatar_static': 'https://botsin.space/avatars/original/missing.png',\n", " 'header': 'https://botsin.space/headers/original/missing.png',\n", " 'header_static': 'https://botsin.space/headers/original/missing.png',\n", " 'followers_count': 2,\n", " 'following_count': 1,\n", " 'statuses_count': 6,\n", " 'last_status_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 12, 0, 0),\n", " 'emojis': [],\n", " 'fields': []},\n", " 'media_attachments': [],\n", " 'mentions': [],\n", " 'tags': [],\n", " 'emojis': [],\n", " 'card': None,\n", " 'poll': None}" ] }, "execution_count": 7, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "execute_result" } ], "source": [ "mastodon.toot('testing tooting')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "In the code below we tell the bot to go through the list and toot each element every 5 minutes." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "ename": "NameError", "evalue": "name 'mastodon' is not defined", "output_type": "error", "traceback": [ "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m", "\u001b[0;31mNameError\u001b[0m Traceback (most recent call last)", "\u001b[0;32mRosa likes lychees
',\n", " 'reblog': None,\n", " 'application': {'name': 'bots-as-infrapunctures', 'website': None},\n", " 'account': {'id': 259694,\n", " 'username': 'infrapunctures',\n", " 'acct': 'infrapunctures',\n", " 'display_name': '',\n", " 'locked': False,\n", " 'bot': False,\n", " 'discoverable': None,\n", " 'group': False,\n", " 'created_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 10, 2, 12, 51, 39, 454000, tzinfo=tzutc()),\n", " 'note': '',\n", " 'url': 'https://botsin.space/@infrapunctures',\n", " 'avatar': 'https://botsin.space/avatars/original/missing.png',\n", " 'avatar_static': 'https://botsin.space/avatars/original/missing.png',\n", " 'header': 'https://botsin.space/headers/original/missing.png',\n", " 'header_static': 'https://botsin.space/headers/original/missing.png',\n", " 'followers_count': 2,\n", " 'following_count': 1,\n", " 'statuses_count': 8,\n", " 'last_status_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 12, 0, 0),\n", " 'emojis': [],\n", " 'fields': []},\n", " 'media_attachments': [],\n", " 'mentions': [],\n", " 'tags': [],\n", " 'emojis': [],\n", " 'card': None,\n", " 'poll': None}" ] }, "execution_count": 10, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "execute_result" } ], "source": [ "import random\n", "\n", "names = ['Rosa', 'Luxembourg', 'Parks']\n", "objects = ['oranges', 'mangos', 'lychees']\n", "actions = ['likes', 'dislikes', 'is indifferent to']\n", "\n", "n = random.choice(names)\n", "o = random.choice(objects)\n", "a = random.choice(actions)\n", "\n", "separator = ' '\n", "\n", "ourtoot = n + separator + a + separator + o\n", "mastodon.toot(ourtoot)\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "date.today() returns the day of the week as an integer, where Monday is 0 and Sunday is 6. \n", "\n", "The code bellow will make your bot toot the first sentence if it is a work day and \"the second sentence if it is the weekend. " ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 18, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from datetime import date\n", "\n", "day = date.today().weekday()\n", "\n", "if (day != 5 & day != 6):\n", " mastodon.toot(\"When we have no memory or little imagination of an alternative to a life centered on work, there are few incentives to reflect on why we work as we do and what we might wish to do instead.\")\n", "else:\n", " mastodon.toot(\"I would prefer not to.\")" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Make your own bot" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "These have been only a few things you can try out that are meant to illustrate some of the programming logic we mentioned in the module. \n", "\n", "If you would like to make your own bot from scratch, you can remove the '#' from every line below and save it as a new file. The \"#\" turns them into comments instead of executable lines, so they will not run. These only need to be run once which for this module had been done in preparation. The code registers the bot as an application and saves the details as a .secret plain text file." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# instance = 'URL'\n", "# username = 'USERNAME'\n", "# password = 'PASSWORD'" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# Mastodon.create_app(\n", "# 'bots-as-infrapunctures',\n", "# api_base_url = instance,\n", "# to_file = 'mastodon-bot.secret'\n", "# )" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# mastodon = Mastodon(\n", "# client_id = 'mastodon-bot.secret',\n", "# api_base_url = instance\n", "# )\n", "\n", "# mastodon.log_in(\n", "# username,\n", "# password,\n", "# to_file = 'mastodon-bot-usercred.secret'\n", "# )" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.7.3" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 4 }