Mastodon Scheduled Post Bot

This is a Node.js application that uses the Mastodon API to post a toot at a specified time.

Usage

1. Run npm install to install dependencies.
2. Go to your Mastodon instance preferences and click Development. Create a new application and copy the access token.
3. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the values.
4. Run node index.js.

Docker

You can also run this bot in a Docker container. To do so, follow step 2 from the usage guide and from use the following command:

docker run -d \
    -e TZ="Europe/Berlin" \
    -e CRON_SCHEDULE="0 17 * * *" \
    -e MASTODON_INSTANCE_URL="your mastodon instance url, for example https://mastodon.social" \
    -e MASTODON_USER_TOKEN="your mastodon access token" \
    -e MASTODON_STATUS_TEXT="your toot text" \
    # takes priority over MASTODON_STATUS_TEXT
    # -e MASTODON_STATUS_TEXTS_RANDOM="[\"your toot text 1\", \"your toot text 2\"]" \
    -e MASTODON_STATUS_VISIBILITY="unlisted" \
    --restart always \
    --name mastobot \
    mrrfv/mastodon-scheduled-toot:latest

Change the value of the TZ environment variable for scheduling to work properly.

License

BSD 3-Clause License. See LICENSE for more information.