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. Have fun!