qaware / troetbot

Trötbot

This bot retrieves toots from Mastodon.

What does "Tröt" mean anyway?

"Tröt" is the German word for toot, the noise a mastodon or elephant makes while exhaling through their proboscis.

Setup for local development with QuarkusDev

1. Set your instance's hostname in src/main/resources/application.properties.
2. Retrieve an Access Token from your mastodon instance:.
   1. Go to settings / development.
   2. Create a new application.
   3. Required privileges: read.
3. Copy the file env.template to .env.
4. Paste your access token.
5. Start the application with ./gradlew quarkusDev

OpenAPI specification

OpenAPI specification can be received from http://localhost:8080/q/openapi.

Swagger UI is available at http://localhost:8080/q/swagger-ui.

Running in a local kubernetes cluster

Bootstrap a cluster by following the instructions.

Set your mastodon instance and access token here.

If you are currently developing and want to test your changes locally use:

$ tilt up -- --local 

This will run a gradle build and update the deployed image whenever changes are made. The troetbot should be available under http://localhost:8888.