Say hello to `threadcat`!
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Say hello to `threadcat`! π§Ά
It's a little Rust tool which takes the URL to a Mastodon thread, and converts it to a Markdown file. It also downloads all attached media files (and their alt texts)!
That way, it's really easy to get a "first draft" for a blog post from a thread you wrote!
Installation: `cargo install threadcat`
@blinry thanks for building this!
Can I ask what prompted this tool? Did you want local copies of "all things about a mast post and replies", so as to allow for an offline thought curation? Or other goals?
Asking as I had similar thoughts of need - and saw this on fedi! Thanks again!
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@trrektor it's not the weirdest thing in rust syntax anyway
My personal favourite is:
if (return) {
return return return;
}(yes, this is valid rust code: https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2024&gist=96e712dcff64081c3b48e411b82bf22d )
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I've been hacking on it a lot this week, with my silly human hands, and it's been a lot of fun!
Right now, it can only read threads from Mastodon, and only output Markdown, but both directions could be extended.
To try it out, I've been using it to publish one blog post each day this week β you might have noticed!
@blinry you seem to have good hu-man hands, their output looks very hu-man indeed
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@blinry thanks for building this!
Can I ask what prompted this tool? Did you want local copies of "all things about a mast post and replies", so as to allow for an offline thought curation? Or other goals?
Asking as I had similar thoughts of need - and saw this on fedi! Thanks again!
βοΈ@nicksilkey Mainly wanting to quickly put together a blogpost version of the random threads I wrote!
It's fun: "Microblogging" an event for example, comes easy to me. And then, when you're ready, you can pull that content together and publish it on the blog.
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I've been hacking on it a lot this week, with my silly human hands, and it's been a lot of fun!
Right now, it can only read threads from Mastodon, and only output Markdown, but both directions could be extended.
To try it out, I've been using it to publish one blog post each day this week β you might have noticed!
@blinry being human is fun!
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Say hello to `threadcat`! π§Ά
It's a little Rust tool which takes the URL to a Mastodon thread, and converts it to a Markdown file. It also downloads all attached media files (and their alt texts)!
That way, it's really easy to get a "first draft" for a blog post from a thread you wrote!
Installation: `cargo install threadcat`
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Say hello to `threadcat`! π§Ά
It's a little Rust tool which takes the URL to a Mastodon thread, and converts it to a Markdown file. It also downloads all attached media files (and their alt texts)!
That way, it's really easy to get a "first draft" for a blog post from a thread you wrote!
Installation: `cargo install threadcat`
@blinry I love how wonderfully specific this tool is!
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I've been hacking on it a lot this week, with my silly human hands, and it's been a lot of fun!
Right now, it can only read threads from Mastodon, and only output Markdown, but both directions could be extended.
To try it out, I've been using it to publish one blog post each day this week β you might have noticed!
@blinry Nice
οΈBut till now I got a thread containing just one toot, and this output:
"Note: Thread might be cut off due to Mastodon's API limits. Provide an ACCESS_TOKEN via environment variable to make authenticated requests."How to solve this?
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@hmnd @blinry @Westfuchs Not sure what you use for the carbonation, but I make fizzy water with baking soda and citric acid (available in the US in the home canning section of stores).
@c_merriweather @hmnd @blinry For carbonated water I usually go for a SodaStream machine (or similar non-branded device).
Du you put the baking soda & citric acid in the bottle and seal it?
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Say hello to `threadcat`! π§Ά
It's a little Rust tool which takes the URL to a Mastodon thread, and converts it to a Markdown file. It also downloads all attached media files (and their alt texts)!
That way, it's really easy to get a "first draft" for a blog post from a thread you wrote!
Installation: `cargo install threadcat`
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@blinry Nice
οΈBut till now I got a thread containing just one toot, and this output:
"Note: Thread might be cut off due to Mastodon's API limits. Provide an ACCESS_TOKEN via environment variable to make authenticated requests."How to solve this?
@harbeider I wrote a section about that in the README: https://codeberg.org/blinry/threadcat
Please check if that explanation helps β if not, feel free to ask again, and maybe I can improve the description!
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Say hello to `threadcat`! π§Ά
It's a little Rust tool which takes the URL to a Mastodon thread, and converts it to a Markdown file. It also downloads all attached media files (and their alt texts)!
That way, it's really easy to get a "first draft" for a blog post from a thread you wrote!
Installation: `cargo install threadcat`
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Say hello to `threadcat`! π§Ά
It's a little Rust tool which takes the URL to a Mastodon thread, and converts it to a Markdown file. It also downloads all attached media files (and their alt texts)!
That way, it's really easy to get a "first draft" for a blog post from a thread you wrote!
Installation: `cargo install threadcat`
@blinry Instead of splitting writings, I suggest increasing the #MAX_CHARS setting of your #mastodon instance.
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@blinry Instead of splitting writings, I suggest increasing the #MAX_CHARS setting of your #mastodon instance.
@sn I think you got it the wrong way: The tool downloads threads (from instances outside my control) into one long text, not the other way around.
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@c_merriweather @hmnd @blinry For carbonated water I usually go for a SodaStream machine (or similar non-branded device).
Du you put the baking soda & citric acid in the bottle and seal it?
@Westfuchs @hmnd @blinry Mix baking soda into glass of water, add citric acid, stir and watch the bubbles. Adjust ingredients, when it tastes neither acidic or base, drink. Adding lemon or lime juice makes it a refreshing drink.
(I got the idea after thinking about the "volcanoes" we built in elementary school: Take a glass bottle with small neck-
we used a glass coca-cola bottle in the 1960s. Build a papier mache mountain around it. Using a funnel, pour baking soda inside. Then pour vinegar with red food coloring in the bottle, and watch the "lava" pour down the sides of the "mountain.") -
Say hello to `threadcat`! π§Ά
It's a little Rust tool which takes the URL to a Mastodon thread, and converts it to a Markdown file. It also downloads all attached media files (and their alt texts)!
That way, it's really easy to get a "first draft" for a blog post from a thread you wrote!
Installation: `cargo install threadcat`
Correct me if I am wrong:
You wrote a tool that enables people to download complete Mastodon threads from other participants / on other instances?
So that's NOT made for collecting OWN content, but for other people's content?
One question:
Isn't that called STEALING?
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Say hello to `threadcat`! π§Ά
It's a little Rust tool which takes the URL to a Mastodon thread, and converts it to a Markdown file. It also downloads all attached media files (and their alt texts)!
That way, it's really easy to get a "first draft" for a blog post from a thread you wrote!
Installation: `cargo install threadcat`
@blinry any consideration to making this a tool to archive your feed? Iβve been thinking it would be nice to have a static website of my toots for if/when it stops making sense to maintain a dynamic mastodon server to serve this content.
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Correct me if I am wrong:
You wrote a tool that enables people to download complete Mastodon threads from other participants / on other instances?
So that's NOT made for collecting OWN content, but for other people's content?
One question:
Isn't that called STEALING?
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Say hello to `threadcat`! π§Ά
It's a little Rust tool which takes the URL to a Mastodon thread, and converts it to a Markdown file. It also downloads all attached media files (and their alt texts)!
That way, it's really easy to get a "first draft" for a blog post from a thread you wrote!
Installation: `cargo install threadcat`
is it fedi standard or mastodon exclusive?
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is it fedi standard or mastodon exclusive?
@gabboman Mastodon-only for now, but open to extending that!
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