Nice work! > On Dec 27, 2022, at 04:48, Glenn McKechnie <glenn.mckech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Okay, > > https://github.com/glennmckechnie/weewx-mastodon > > The rough edges have been filed smooth. You shouldn't need to wear > gloves anymore! > > To see it in action... > https://mastodon.au/@BroomfieldWeatherBot > > > > On 22/12/2022, Chris Alemany <chris...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Oh! Elegant solution. >> >> My “bot” is at @alberniweather...@mstdn.ca >> http://mstdn.ca/@alberniweatherBot >> Note, the instance has been extremely busy lately so don’t be surprised if >> the connection times out. >> >> Cheers >> Chris >> >>> On Dec 21, 2022, at 06:16, Mark Fraser <mfra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 21/12/2022 07:45, Glenn McKechnie wrote: >>>> Hi Chris, >>>> Nothing like finding a day where you can plunge, guilt free, into the >>>> ToDo list. I didn't have a Snow day, but I borrowed yours! >>>> I started re-purposing Matthew Walls twitter extension (which runs >>>> uses RestX - [StdRESTful] ) and have had good success with it in the >>>> half day or so that it's been runnng. Still some work to do on it >>>> (phttt) but the text part works well enough. >>>> Your use of the template is interesting - that gives it a bit of >>>> flexibility. >>>> I'll mull that one over while I continue down the media (image) path. >>>> Alpha is at ... >>>> https://github.com/glennmckechnie/weewx-mastodon >>>> On 21/12/2022, Chris Alemany <chris...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> The snowy weather here on Vancouver Island has given me some unexpected >>>>> time to work on this. I now have a working template file and python >>>>> script >>>>> >>>>> that will produce and post weewx data to a Mastodon account. >>>>> Just setup an account on your favourite Mastodon server, >>>>> mark it as a bot, >>>>> create an API/Client Key (under development in your account's >>>>> preferences) >>>>> install the template file to one of your skins (I just added it to the >>>>> Standard skin. >>>>> put the python file somewhere it can be run with cron >>>>> run the python file with a command like this: >>>>> >>>>> sudo python3 weewx_to_mastodon.py --server https://mstdn.ca --wxdata >>>>> https://mywebpage.com/mastodon.json --api_key biglongstring234fssdf >>>>> >>>>> I've attached my working files if anyone is itching to have it, excuse >>>>> the >>>>> messy code but it should be fairly self explanatory. You should only >>>>> really >>>>> >>>>> need to modify the values in the json.tmpl file. >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 3:40:31 PM UTC-8 Chris Alemany wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Here is the promised link to the fellow who created a Python script >>>>>> from >>>>>> cumulus on Mac to Mastodon/ActivityPub: >>>>>> https://github.com/buffaloseven/CumulusMX-Customizations/tree/main/integrations >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 15, 2022, at 6:24 AM, Chris Alemany <chri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone had a go at having weewx post to Mastodon/Fediverse, either >>>>>> to >>>>>> >>>>>> an existing @user@server or as an independent instance? >>>>>> >>>>>> There is at least one fellow who has written some Python to do it from >>>>>> his >>>>>> >>>>>> cumulus based system. I will share his GitHub project if someone >>>>>> thinks >>>>>> they can do it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Chris >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> I've been posting to Mastodon for a while now and I've done it a bit >>> differently. >>> >>> In skin.conf of what ever skin you are using (Seasons for me) I added: >>> [[MastodonHourly]] >>> encoding = strict_ascii >>> template = mastodon.out.tmpl >>> >>> mastodon.out.tmpl contains: >>> Temp: $current.outTemp Humidity: $current.outHumidity\nPressure: >>> $current.barometer\nWind: $current.windDir.ordinal_compass, >>> $current.windSpeed (ave), $current.windGust (gust)\nRain Rate: >>> $current.rainRate Rain Total: $day.rain.sum\nSolar Radiation: >>> $current.radiation UV: $current.UV\nSoil Moisture: $current.soilMoist1 >>> >>> Lastly I have this python script run hourly from a Crontab using >>> Mastodon.py and I can upload an image from my webcam at the same time: >>> >>> #!/usr/bin/env python3 >>> from mastodon import Mastodon >>> from datetime import datetime >>> >>> # Set up Mastodon >>> mastodon = Mastodon( >>> access_token = '', >>> api_base_url = '' >>> ) >>> >>> photo_path = '/var/www/html/webcam.jpg' >>> now = datetime.now() >>> spoiler = 'Live weather for #Yeovil at ' + now.strftime('%d/%m/%y %H.00') >>> >>> f = open('/var/www/html/weewx/mastodon.out','r') >>> media = mastodon.media_post(photo_path) >>> content = f.read() >>> tweet = content.replace("\\n","\n") >>> mastodon.status_post(tweet, media_ids=media, spoiler_text=spoiler) >>> f.close() >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f10a6d44-4c5a-dcd7-0104-46db15126088%40gmail.com. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1A47A3FC-A12C-4094-8955-79215048B871%40gmail.com. >> > > > -- > > > Cheers > Glenn > > rorpi - read only raspberry pi & various weewx addons > https://github.com/glennmckechnie > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAAraAziO9i%2BaQNeVvRGxHEK4GdwnHzpmp%2BpJ%3D_%2B9WiuwscDfLw%40mail.gmail.com.
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