peter-mount / go-mastodon

A simple Mastodon client for golang

Mastodon client in go

This is a very basic mastodon client for use with bots.

I needed something for my weather station bot and this library is the result.

If a feature is not listed below then please raise an issue as I will be expanding this library as and when I need features for various projects.

Features

• Verify AccessToken is valid
• Submit plain text post to mastodon server
• Retrieve a timeline from the server

To be implemented

• Upload media to attaching to posts (i.e. images)

Example

config := mastodon.Config{
  Server: "https://example.com/",
  AccessToken: "tokenfromserver",
}

client := config.Client()

// Verify AccessToken is valid
_, err := client.VerifyCredentials()
if err != nil {
  panic(err)
}

// Post to the server
status := PostStatus{Text: "This post is from golang"}
_, error := client.Post(status)
if err != nil {
  panic(err)
}

You can get the access token by logging into your Mastodon account, going into settings, Development and add a new application which will give you a client key, secret and access token. You only need the latter for this library to work.