The Elephant and the Serpent: Using Mastodon with Python
summary
Explains how Mastodon’s federation actually works using ActivityPub server-to-server federation and the inbox/outbox model, shows OAuth flow to get an OAuth access token, demos HTTP requests with requests then the mastodon.py client library, and builds a bot that posts random lines from the Zen of Python to a botsin.space account. The demo obtains a token, posts successfully, and discusses hosting options (cron, VPS, Heroku scheduler) and moderation via server blocks.
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chapters (30)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:47Magic
- 2:04Twitter is Magic
- 2:38Twitter is Dark Magic
- 3:08Incentives and Advertising
- 3:55Social Networks
- 4:09Mastodon
- 4:48Mastodon Web Interface
- 5:07Main Compose Bar
- 5:52Content Warning Visibility
- 6:12Home Column
- 6:44Federated Timeline
- 7:08Activity Pub
- 7:39Alice and Bob
- 8:27Server to Server Protocol
- 8:56Network Resiliency
- 9:31Server to Server moderation
- 9:46Magic of Communities
- 12:01The API
- 12:31Building a bot
- 12:42OAuth
- 13:17Access Token
- 14:08Making Requests
- 14:25Post Request
- 14:43Request Library
- 15:11Setting up Mastodon
- 16:20Web Browser
- 17:40Importing Strings
- 18:28Writing the Script
- 19:43How to Join
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