rss2mastodon

A quick set of python scripts for auto-posting an RSS or Atom feed to Mastodon. Created by AI6YR (Ben)

Mastodon setup

In order to have this script work, you need the following:

1. A dedicated Mastodon user account created on a server.
2. An "access key" for your app created for that user account. (under yourserver/settings/applications)

Python setup

Make sure to install the following Python packages

pip3 install bs4 pillow mastodon.py feedparser

Script setup

All configuration for the script will ultimately reside in config.ini

Mastodon configuration

• access_token = Mastodon access token
• app_url = Mastodon server
• max_image_size = max image size accepted by server

Feed configuration

• feed_url = URL of the RSS feed you want to query
• feed_name = What you want to name this feed
• feed_visibility = public, unlisted, etc. (per Mastodon.py)
• feed_tags = #your #additional #tags here will be appended to the toot
• feed_delay = delay in seconds between checking on the RSS/Atom feed
• feed_link = whether or not to include the "link" in RSS/Atom in the post

Running the script

python3 rss2mastodon.py

or

python3 atom2mastodon.py

Unattended/background operation

If you want to run this unattended:

screen

nohup python3 -u rss2mastodon.py &