Allow follow with notify = true

[Shinigami92]

In Mastodon it's possible to follow someone with notify active:

POST https://:instance/api/v1/accounts/:id/follow
Body: {"notify":true}

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Currently I need to open the profile in original site, and if this is not my instance I need to re-search the account manually in my instance to reach this notify bell
It should somehow be possible to use this in elk directly

[jeffsikes]

Came here to request the same, thanks @Shinigami92

[jeffsikes]

I've started the branch feat/538-notify-me-when-account-posts with my changes. This is my second ever attempt at a code contribution to an open source project so please be kind. 😄

Verified the correct endpoint is called and value is updated, but the phrasing of the command may need to be tweaked a bit.

I tried to stick with similar text phrasing as other commands in the list. Also to match the official Mastodon terminology. The phrase is quite long. Some apps have shifted this option outside of the hamburger menus and placed it as a bell icon right beside it.

Other phrase options I considered:

• "Enable notifications" / "Disable notifications"
• "Enable alerts for {0}" / "Disable alerts for {0}"
• "Enable alerts" / "Disable alerts"
• "Notify me when {0} posts" / "Stop notifying me when {0} posts" (official phrase from Mastodon)

I figured it might be setup with the account name in most commands to assist with text readers.

Enable action presented when notifications are currently off

Disable action presented when notifications are currently active

[Shinigami92]

@jeffsikes currently the branch you linked is just 3 commits behind and has no changes from you
So maybe you need to commit and push changes from your local machine
After doing that please open a pull request (PR) and if you are still working on it, you have the possibility to mark it as "draft"-PR
Creating a draft PR has the benefit that we can already start commenting on lines in the PR itself to guide and help

[jeffsikes]

Wanted to mention here that after discussion, the option was moved up in to the UI of the Account header beside the Follow button, so the action is now visible when viewing any account you currently follow, hidden otherwise.

May want to enhance this in the future in the following ways:

• Attach accessibility tags for the button (aria-label and title)
• Duplicate the feature in the more dropdown to provide more detail on the action (it exists as a bell icon and as a dropdown item)