TypeScript Library for the Mastodon API

This is a TypeScript-optimized library to access a Mastodon server.

Installation

npm install tsl-mastodon-api

Access Token

You need an access token for communication with a Mastodon server.

1. Open your Mastodon website and go to the profile settings of the account.

2. In the profile settings open the section 'Development'.

3. Create a new application and use the related access token.

Or you can use the Mastodon.API.createOAuthApp function.

Examples

import * as Mastodon from 'tsl-mastodon-api';
async function postHelloWorld(): Promise<void> {
    // create the API instance
    const mastodon = new Mastodon.API({
        access_token: 'ABC',
        api_url: 'https://mastodon.example/api/v1/',
        auto_delay: true
    });
    // expect client / server errors
    try {
        const result = await mastodon.postStatus({
            sensitive: true,
            spoiler_text: 'Hello',
            status: 'World'
        });
        console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
    }
    catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    }
}
postHelloWorld();

API Overview

The following snippets show an excerpt of the v0.0.6 API.

API(config)
API.delay()
API.search(search)

API.getAccount()
API.getList(listID)
API.getListAccounts(listID, queryParameters?)
API.getLists(queryParameters?)
API.getMediaAttachment(mediaAttachmentID)
API.getStatus(statusID)
API.getStatuses(queryParameters?)

API.postList(list)
API.postListAccounts(listID, listAccounts)
API.postMediaAttachment(mediaAttachment)
API.postPollVote(pollId, pollVote)
API.postStatus(status)

API.deleteList(listID)
API.deleteListAccounts(listID, listAccounts)
API.deleteStatus(statusID)

JSON.isAccount(json)
JSON.isList(json)
JSON.isMediaAttachment(json)
JSON.isPoll(json)
JSON.isSearchResults(json)
JSON.isStatus(json)

REST.delete(path, params?)
REST.fetch(method, path, params?)
REST.get(path, params?)
REST.patch(path, params?)
REST.post(path, params?)
REST.put(path, params?)

Bridge.fetch(url, options?)
Utilities.fileFrom(path, mimeType?)

Links

• github.com/typescriptlibs/tsl-mastodon-api

• npmjs.com/package/tsl-mastodon-api

• typescriptlibs.org