2.4 KiB
NodeBB post to Mastodon
created with Python
nodebb_post_to_mastodon
About
I needed the ability to post a new post to Mastodon in my NodeBB forum. It is configurable in the configuration which user of the NodeBB can post (UID)
This Python script will be started by a crontab job. Crontab will execute the shell script nodebb_post_to_mastodon.sh every minute. When the shell script starts the Python file main.py, it will check for a new post. If a new post is found, it will send the post to Mastodon.
This project is quite far from perfect, but it helped me a lot to understand the world of Python, PyCharm and git a little.
If it helps someone along the way as well, I'm glad. For questions and suggestions you can write me in my forum
Dependencies
- python >= 3.10
- pipenv
- git
Installation
Clone Repository
git clone https://gitlab.com/Bullet64/nodebb_post_to_mastodon.git
Create env
cd /home/<USER>/nodebb_post_to_mastodon
# We upgrade to last pip version
python -m pip install -U pip
pip install pipenv
pipenv --python 3.11
pipenv shell
Usage
Create crontab for
crontab -u <USER> -e
This script is triggered by a crontab job, which runs every minute. Line 2 is for debugging purposes by logging the output.
# m h dom mon dow command
#* * * * * /home/<USER>/nodebb_post_to_mastodon/./nodebb_post_to_mastodon.sh >> /home/user_nodebb/nodebb_post_to_mastodon/cron_log.log 2>&1
* * * * * /home/<USER>/nodebb_post_to_mastodon/./nodebb_post_to_mastodon.sh
Tested on
- Debian Bookworm 12
Known problems
None at present
