twitter_media_tool/lib/echo_mastodon.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

from lib.authentication import authenticate_mastodon


def setup_mastodon_data(config):
    """
    Setup the config import and client

    Returns:
        obj -- Mastodon client object
    """
    if(config['access_token'] and config['api_base_url']):
        client = authenticate_mastodon(config)
    else:
        print('Mastodon API information missing/incomplete, skipping...')
        return
    return client


def mastodon_upload_media(config, media_files, body):
    """
    Upload the archived media and original body text as a Mastodon status

    Arguments:
        media_files {str} -- Filenames for the uploaded media
        body {str} -- String describing the original body text of the Tweet
    """
    mastodon = setup_mastodon_data(config)
    media_id_list = []
    for media in media_files:
        media_id_list.append(mastodon.media_post(
            media_file=f'data/{media}', description='Sorry, this was a Twitter echo so there\'s no description :(', focus=(0, 0)))
    try:
        output = mastodon.status_post(
            body, spoiler_text='Automated Twitter Repost', media_ids=media_id_list, visibility='public')
        print(output)
    except Exception as e:
        print('There was some issue posting to Mastodon.')
        print(e)