MastodonCLI

Post to Mastodon instance from the terminal.

Setup

$export DOMAIN=<domain_name>
$export TOKEN=<token>

<domain_name> refers to instance name such as mastodon.social
<token> refers to access token.

If you don't know your access token. Create one by following these steps.

Run

$python3 main.py

Docs

To post some text. Use !p command.

> !p hello from the terminal.
Wait...
Success.

The text "hello from the terminal." will be posted on the Mastodon instance.

To exit.

> !exit

Get access token

• Go the settings/applications.
• Click on New application.
• Give a name and click submit.
• Open newly created application.
• You can access you access token from here.