Picotron Mastodon Proof of Concept

picotron-mastodon-proxy.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from textwrap import wrap
import requests
from markdownify import markdownify
from flask import Flask, request

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/statuses")
def root():
    url = "https://" + request.args.get("server") + "/api/v1/statuses/" + request.args.get("id")
    res = requests.get(url)
    js = res.json()

    username = js["account"]["display_name"]
    acct = js["account"]["acct"]
    created_at = js["created_at"]
    content = "\n".join(wrap(markdownify(js["content"]), width=96))

    media = ""
    for attachment in js["media_attachments"]:
        if attachment["description"] is None:
            attachment["description"] = "No alt text provided :("
        media += "\n".join(wrap(attachment["description"], width=96)) + "\n\n"

    response = username + " @" + acct + "\n" + created_at + "\n\n" + content + "\n\nAttachments\n" + media

    return response


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000)

picotron-mastodon.p64

function _init()
	server = ""
	id = ""
	api = fetch("http://localhost:5000/statuses?server=" .. server .. "&id=" .. id)
end

function _draw()
	cls()
	print(api)
end