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Posted on 2017-04-22
Today, a very quick blog post on a how to install feed2toot[1] in a docker container. Feed2toot is a python application that will send toot on Mastodon for each item of an RSS feed.
1: https://gitlab.com/chaica/feed2toot
If you want to install Mastodon, I suggest you read here:
if you want to install feed2toot[5] in a container to be able to create toot from an RSS feed, then keep reading :).
2: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Running-Mastodon/Docker-Guide.md
3: https://hackernoon.com/deploying-mastodon-on-digital-ocean-f54b94c7f5b8
4: https://psychedeli.cat/mastodon/
5: https://gitlab.com/chaica/feed2toot
You can start with my repo as a base:
git clone https://git.bacardi55.org/bacardi55/docker-feed2toot.git
cd docker-feed2toot docker build -t b55/feed2toot .
You can change the tag name :)
The current release needs a hashtags file, even empty! It will become optional in the next release
Then, register your application with your mastodon account:
docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)"/conf:/etc/feed2toot -it b55/feed2toot register_feed2toot_app
It will ask your password (but won't save it) to generate token files.
docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)"/conf:/etc/feed2toot b55/feed2toot
Go to your user mastodon page, you should see the toot generated :)
To avoid launching the app manually, let's put a simple task in our crontab:
Open the crontab file: crontab -e and insert this line:
@hourly docker run --rm -v /path/to/conf:/etc/feed2toot b55/feed2toot
And you should be good to go!