commit f4eb471d79387d5651e739a0a7aa655833b8792c
Author: Anonymous <anon@nowhere.org>
Date:   Wed May 10 15:34:53 2017 +0100

    initial commit, log in to masto

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+state.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# lobstertoot
+
+## making it work
+```sh
+cpanm --installdeps . # get dependencies
+perl auth.pl > state.json # write config file
+perl lobstertoot.pl # run the thing, put it in crontab, whatever
+```
diff --git a/auth.pl b/auth.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use 5.010;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Mastodon::Client;
+use YAML::Tiny;
+use IO::Prompt;
+use JSON::Tiny qw/encode_json/;
+
+my $inst = prompt("Instance hostname (e.g. mastodon.social): ")->{value};
+
+my $masto = new Mastodon::Client (
+  instance => $inst,
+  name => "lobstertoot",
+  website => "https://git.fuwafuwa.moe/albino/lobstertoot",
+  scopes => ["write"],
+  coerce_entities => 1,
+);
+
+$masto->register();
+
+say STDERR "Authorize your mastodon account at " . $masto->authorization_url . " and enter the access code here.";
+my $acode = prompt("Access code: ")->{value};
+
+$masto->authorize(
+  access_code => $acode,
+);
+
+say encode_json(
+  {
+    masto => {
+      client_id => $masto->client_id,
+      client_secret => $masto->client_secret,
+      access_token => $masto->access_token,
+    },
+    lobsters => {
+      url => "https://lobste.rs",
+    },
+  }
+);
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
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+requires "Mastodon::Client" => "0";
+requires "IO::Prompt" => "0";
+requires "LWP::Protocol::https" => "0";
+requires "JSON::Tiny" => "0";