Jef PoskanzerKnowing next to nothing about the Mastodon API, I was able to write a command-line tooting shell script in an hour or so yesterday morning. I see a lot of former Twitter bots popping up on Mastodon. Could it be that having an API that is simple and easy to use encourages developers to use it, adding value and attracting more users? 🤔
Ben Lamb@jef are using any libraries or anything or just doing raw http requests?
@bennyfactor The requests are done by CLI programs similar to curl that I wrote ages ago. Using actual curl ought to be just as easy, once you figure out the flags to turn off all its helpful junk.
@jef aw nice. I've been trying to set up an everylot bot and have first been working on getting the data out of the city 's gis api and yeah, curl has a lot of helpful junk I've had to manipulate!