**expandurl-mastodon** is a Mastodon bot that expands shortened URLs.

If you want the bot to expand an URL, reply to the post with the URL in it and
mention the bot account (`@expandurl@botsin.space` for example).

This bot uses the same visibility as you, but posts unlisted instead of public.
It retains the sensitive flag and spoiler warnings.

Please report any bugs via the
[issue tracker on GitHub](https://github.com/tastytea/expandurl-mastodon/issues)
or to [@tastytea@soc.ialis.me](https://soc.ialis.me/@tastytea).

# Install

## Dependencies

 * Tested OS: Linux
 * C++ compiler (tested: gcc 6.4, clang 5.0)
 * [cmake](https://cmake.org/) (tested: 3.9.6)
 * [curlpp](http://www.curlpp.org/) (tested: 0.8.4)
 * [mastodon-cpp](https://github.com/tastytea/mastodon-cpp) (at least: 0.12.1)

## Get sourcecode

### Development version

    git clone https://github.com/tastytea/expandurl-mastodon.git

## Compile

    mkdir build
    cd build/
    cmake ..
    make

Install with `make install`.

# Usage

You will need to generate an access token yourself at the moment. Create a
config file with your account and access token in
`${HOME}/.config/expandurl-mastodon.cfg`:

    expandurl@example.social
    abc123

Now start expandurl-mastodon without parameters.

# Copyright

    Copyright © 2018 tastytea <tastytea@tastytea.de>.
    License GPLv3: GNU GPL version 3 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html>.
    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
    and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.