Finish script to toot from same account.

bin/311_ebooks.py

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 import markovify #https://github.com/jsvine/markovify
 import sqlite3 #to read db
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+import os.path
 
 # Open the db
 conn = sqlite3.connect('requests.sqlite')
@@ -13,11 +16,44 @@ def get_descriptions():
     return(data)
 
 # Get descriptions and convert to strings from tuples
-b = ["".join(str(x)) for x in get_descriptions()]
+b = ["".join(str(x).replace("\\r\\n","")) for x in get_descriptions()]
 
 # Build the model.
 text_model = markovify.Text(b)
 
 # Print three randomly-generated sentences of no more than 280 characters
-for i in range(3):
-    print(text_model.make_short_sentence(280))
+#for i in range(3):
+#    print(text_model.make_short_sentence(280))
+
+# Next up use this to toot: https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py
+
+# parse existing file
+config = ConfigParser()
+config.read('auth.ini')
+
+# read values from a section
+server = config.get('mastodon', 'server')
+email = config.get('mastodon', 'email')
+password = config.get('mastodon', 'password')
+
+# Register the app (once)
+if not os.path.isfile('hackgfk_311_ebooks_clientcred.secret'):
+    Mastodon.create_app(
+         'hackgfk_311_ebooks',
+         api_base_url = server,
+         to_file = 'hackgfk_311_ebooks_clientcred.secret'
+    )
+
+# Log in
+mastodon = Mastodon(
+    client_id = 'hackgfk_311_ebooks_clientcred.secret',
+    api_base_url = server,
+)
+mastodon.log_in(
+    email,
+    password,
+    to_file = 'hackgfk_311_ebooks_usercred.secret'
+)
+
+# Send toot
+mastodon.toot(text_model.make_short_sentence(280))