README.rst

Mastodon.py

Python wrapper for the Mastodon ( https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/ ) API. Feature complete for public API as of Mastodon version 3.5.5 and easy to get started with:

from mastodon import Mastodon

# Register your app! This only needs to be done once (per server, or when
# distributing rather than hosting an application, most likely per device and server).
# Uncomment the code and substitute in your information:
'''
Mastodon.create_app(
    'pytooterapp',
    api_base_url = 'https://mastodon.social',
    to_file = 'pytooter_clientcred.secret'
)
'''

# Then, log in. This can be done every time your application starts (e.g. when writing a
# simple bot), or you can use the persisted information:
mastodon = Mastodon(client_id = 'pytooter_clientcred.secret',)
mastodon.log_in(
    'my_login_email@example.com',
    'incrediblygoodpassword',
    to_file = 'pytooter_usercred.secret'
)

# If you are logging in for the first time you need to give permissions to the app
# via OAuth, at the URL given by auth_request_url() and then pass code instead of
# username and password.
mastodon.log_in(
        to_file = 'pytooter_usercred.secret',
        code='code_from_oauth,
        scopes=['read', 'write'],
    )

# Note that this won't work when using 2FA - you'll have to use OAuth, in that case.
# To post, create an actual API instance:
mastodon = Mastodon(access_token = 'pytooter_usercred.secret')
mastodon.toot('Tooting from Python using #mastodonpy !')

You can install Mastodon.py via pypi:

# Python 3
pip3 install Mastodon.py

We currently try to support Python 3.7 and above, and try to at least not break Python 3 versions below that. Python 2 support is no longer a goal.

Full documentation and basic usage examples can be found at https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ . Some more extensive examples can be found at https://github.com/halcy/MastodonpyExamples

Acknowledgements

Mastodon.py contains work by a large amount of contributors, many of which have put significant work into making it a better library. You can find some information about who helped with which particular feature or fix in the changelog.