#!/usr/bin/env python import config from mastodon import Mastodon from urllib.parse import urlparse import argparse from rich.pretty import pprint # Take a command line argument. e.g. python3 threads.py https://mastodon.example/@me@somewhere/1234 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Display the data behind a Mastodon status.') parser.add_argument('url', metavar='URl', type=str, help='A URl of a post on your instance of Mastodon') args = parser.parse_args() path = urlparse(args.url).path path_list = path.split("/") path_id = path_list[-1] if path_id.isdigit() : # Status ID # This is the ID from *your* instance status_id = int(path_id) else : print("Hmmm... That doesn't look like a valid Mastodon Status URl.\n" + "It should look like https://mastodon.example/@me@somewhere/1234\n" + "The last part of the URl must be the status ID, which is a number." ) exit() # Set up access mastodon = Mastodon( api_base_url=config.instance, access_token=config.access_token ) # Get the status status = mastodon.status(status_id) pprint(status)