cleantoots/README.md

Cleantoots

The idea of cleantoots is highly inspired by magnusnissel/cleantweets.

Initial config

Only once

python -m pip install cleantoots
cleantoots setup-config  # See the following section for config options
cleantoots login

Config options

# Any key in this section will serve as a default for other sections
[DEFAULT]

# Toots that have at least this number of boosts won't be deleted.
boost_limit = 5

# Toots that have at least this number of favorites won't be deleted.
favorite_limit = 5

# Toots that are more recent than this number of days won't be deleted.
days_count = 30

# The timezone to use for dates comparisons.
timezone = Europe/Paris

# Each section represents an account.
[Fosstodon]
# Your Mastodon server URL.
api_base_url = https://fosstodon.org

# These files are used to store app information obtained when running `login`.
# The files must be different between accounts. Two different files are required per account.
app_secret_file = fosstodon_app.secret
user_secret_file = fosstodon_user.secret

# IDs of toots you want to protect (never delete).
# You can find the toot ID in the URL when viewing a toot.
protected_toots = 103362008817616000
    103361883565013391
    103363106195441418

# Another account
[Mastodon.social]
api_base_url = https://mastodon.social
app_secret_file = mastodonsocial_app.secret
user_secret_file = mastodonsocial_user.secret

# Overriding some defaults
boost_limit = 10
favorite_limit = 30
days_count = 7

Run

See cleantoots config for the current config.

cleantoots clean  # Defaults to a dry run. Does NOT delete.
cleantoots clean --delete  # Delete without prompt.

Tested environments

Cleantoots test suite runs on latest versions of macOS, Windows and Ubuntu as GitHub Actions understands it. See (the docs)[https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on] for more information on what "latest" means".