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expandurl-mastodon is a Mastodon bot that expands a shortened URL.

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).

Install

Dependencies

Tested OS: Linux
C++ compiler (tested: gcc 6.4, clang 5.0)
cmake (tested: 3.9.6)
curlpp (tested: 0.8.4)
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.

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