diff --git a/.env-example b/.env-example
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+UserToken='***'
+TargetInstance='***'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
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 quotes.json
 quotes.txt
+.env
+Credentials
+docker-compose.yml
+oauth.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM bash:5
+WORKDIR /usr/local/quotebot
+
+COPY main.sh ./
+
+RUN adduser -S quotebot --disabled-password --uid 1000 && apk add curl && apk add uuidgen
+USER quotebot
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "/usr/local/quotebot/main.sh"]
diff --git a/README b/README
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-Hello World!
-
-This is a quote bot (shell script) which shows a random quote from a file every time it is invoked.
-
-Note: You need to make it executable to use it.
-
-The reason i use a file and not the web is hackability, at the moment.
-
-Please provide a quotes.txt file with one line per quote.
-
-Have fun!
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Hello World!
+
+This is a quote bot (shell script) which shows a random quote from a file every time it is invoked.
+
+Note: You need to make it executable to use it.
+
+    chmod u+x main.sh
+
+The reason i use a file and not the web is hackability, at the moment.
+
+Please provide a quotes.txt file with one line per quote.
+
+## REST-Version
+The Rest-Version has functioning mastodon connection over REST-API. You need to run the full oauth user authentication before. I tried to use the "Development" section in Mastodon Preferences but it didnt work. What did work was the out of bounds creation of a new application and authenticating it with a user. It does not appear in the user Development section.
+
+Here's the documentation for the api:
+https://docs.joinmastodon.org/client/intro/
+
+You essentially need to run the following commands:
+
+
+### test connection
+
+    curl https://mastodon.example/endpoint?q=test&n=0
+
+### create app 
+https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/apps/ 
+this will return secrets, write them down!
+
+    curl -X POST     -F 'client_name=Bot3'   -F 'redirect_uris=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob'    -F 'scopes=read write push'         -F 'website=https://myapp.example'      https://mastodon.example.com/api/v1/apps
+
+### verify the app works 
+https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/apps/#verify_credentials
+
+    curl     -H 'Authorization: Bearer ****'  https://mastodon.example.com/api/v1/accounts/verify_credentials
+
+### authorize a user
+https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/oauth/#authorize and https://docs.joinmastodon.org/client/authorized/#login you will have to input this in a browser then login and authorize the app, it will provide an authorization code
+
+    https://mastodon.example/oauth/authorize
+    ?client_id=CLIENT_ID
+    &scope=read+write+push
+    &redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob
+    &response_type=code
+
+### obtain token
+https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/oauth/#token
+
+    curl -X POST     -F 'grant_type=authorization_code'      -F 'client_id=\*'  -F 'client_secret=\*'  -F 'redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob' -F 'code=\*'   https://mastodon.example.com/oauth/token
+
+### make your first post 
+
+    curl -i -H 'Authorization: Bearer ***' -d 'status=Hello World!' https://mastodon.example.com/api/v1/statuses
+
+To find this out took me hours and hours. I'm writing it down to spare you time.
+
+## automation
+the oauth part will me mostly automated at some point but rn it is still manual. feel free to help automate it.
+
+## docker
+you can use the dockerfile and docker-compose.yml i provided. I will at some point push a docker image which is ready to use. Until then you will have to build the image first. Here's how:
+
+    git clone https://code.kraftw3rk.de/alex/quote-bot.git
+    git switch rest-bot
+    touch quotes.txt #(fill with quotes, one per line, no longer than your instance character limit!)
+    mv .env-example .env #(insert the user token where the stars are!)
+    mv docker-compose-example.yml docker-compose.yml
+    docker compose up -d
+
+Have fun!
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diff --git a/docker-compose-example.yml b/docker-compose-example.yml
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+services:
+  quotebot:
+    container_name: quotebot
+    image: haui/quotebot
+    build: ./
+    volumes:
+      - ./.env:/usr/local/quotebot/.env
+      - ./quotes.txt:/usr/local/quotebot/quotes.txt
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/main.sh b/main.sh
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--- a/main.sh
+++ b/main.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-#if json quote list exist
+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+IdempotencyKey="$(uuidgen)"
+. ./.env
+Authorization="${UserToken}"
+while /bin/true; do
 if [ -f "./quotes.txt" ]; then
-shuf -n 1 ./quotes.txt
+status=$(shuf -n 1 ./quotes.txt)
+
+result=$(curl -X POST \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${Authorization}" \
+     -H "Idempotency-Key: ${IdempotencyKey}" \
+     -d "status=${status}" \
+     "${TargetInstance}/api/v1/statuses") # HTTP/1.1
+
+echo "${result}"
+
 else
 echo "file does not exist!"
 fi
+sleep 3600
+done