cympfh / mastodon-cli

a CLI of mastodon

mastodon CLI client

cURL like command-line tool for mastodon, supporting multiple instances/accounts!

requiments

• bash/zsh
• curl
• jq

reference

1. REST API: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-the-API/API.md
2. Streaming API: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-the-API/Streaming-API.md
3. for cURL: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md

usage

# set PATH
$ export PATH=~/path/to/mastodon-cli/bin:$PATH
# run
$ mast help

init

# register a mastodon instance (server)
$ mast use mstdn.jp

# `mast use` command can switch to another instance
$ mast use friends.nico

# check the default instance
$ mast use
friends.nico

# make your app (API client)
$ mast create-app "(app-name)"

# this command saves a config file:
# ~/.mast/(server)/app.json

# auth your account
$ mast auth

# starting authorization on your browser
# Accept if you can
# and copy&paste the CODE

# this command saves a config file:
# ~/.mast/(server)/auth.json

toot

$ mast toot "Hi world!"

multiple accounts on an instance

First, mast use <domain> makes a directory ~/.mast/<domain>, and authorization files will be made in it. The auth files will be overwritten when another account log-in the domain. So please rename the directory

mv ~/.mast/<domain> ~/.mast/<username>@<domain>

before log-in with another account.

You can specify the directory name.

$ mast use [e-mail]
Your mastodon server is https://[e-mail]/
$ mast use
[e-mail]
$ mast toot "Toot from ampeloss"