From db25eddcbf34055964dbfaf091fc5e88257315ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maurizio Paglia <mpaglia0@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 17:13:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create pelican-fediverse.py

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 pelican-fediverse.py | 134 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 134 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 pelican-fediverse.py

diff --git a/pelican-fediverse.py b/pelican-fediverse.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Post new articles on Mastodon
+"""
+
+import sys
+import string
+from lxml import html
+import os.path
+
+import logging
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+from pelican import signals
+
+# This plugin needs Mastodon.py (https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py)
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+
+# Collect the list of articles already published
+def read_articleslist():
+   try:
+      with open('posted_on_Mastodon.txt', 'r') as f:
+         result = list(map(str.rstrip, f))
+   except IOError:
+      result = []
+   return result
+
+# Write articles URL list
+def write_articleslist(articleslist):
+   articleslist.sort()
+   with open('posted_on_Mastodon.txt', 'w') as f:
+      for article in articleslist:
+         f.write("%s\n" % article)
+
+# Collect config info and start the main procedure
+def post_on_mastodon(settings, new_posts):
+   global mt_base_url
+   mt_base_url = settings.get('MASTODON_BASE_URL', '')
+   global mt_username
+   mt_username = settings.get('MASTODON_USERNAME', '')
+   global mt_password
+   mt_password = settings.get('MASTODON_PASSWORD', '')
+
+   # check if config file has been duly filled or print an error message and exit
+   if mt_base_url == '' or mt_username == '' or mt_password == '':
+      logger.warning('Pelican_toot: Mastodon access credentials not configured...')
+      sys.exit(9)
+
+   # if pelicantoot_clientcred.secret does not exist it means we have to create the app on Mastodon
+   if os.path.exists('pelicantoot_clientcred.secret') == False:
+      Mastodon.create_app(
+         'PelicanToot',
+         api_base_url = mt_base_url,
+         to_file = 'pelicantoot_clientcred.secret'
+      )
+
+   # Advise the user with an on-screen message. We are ready to publish!
+   build_message = 'Publishing on Mastodon: %s (%s)'
+
+   for article in new_posts:
+      url = article.get_siteurl() + article.url
+      title = article.title
+      htmltext = build_message % (title.replace('&nbsp;',' '), url)
+      cleantext = html.fromstring(htmltext)
+      finaltext = cleantext.text_content().strip()
+      print(finaltext)
+
+   return True
+
+# Extract the list of new posts
+def post_updates(generator, writer):
+   articleslist = read_articleslist()
+   new_posts = []
+   for article in generator.articles:
+      if article.url not in articleslist:
+         new_posts.append(article)
+
+   # we only write the newly found sites to disk if posting them worked. that way we can retry later
+   if new_posts:
+      if post_on_mastodon(generator.settings, new_posts):
+         mastodon = Mastodon(
+            client_id = 'pelicantoot_clientcred.secret',
+            api_base_url = mt_base_url
+         )
+         mastodon.log_in(
+            mt_username,
+            mt_password,
+            to_file = 'pelicantoot_usercred.secret'
+         )
+         mastodon = Mastodon(
+            access_token = 'pelicantoot_usercred.secret',
+            api_base_url = mt_base_url
+         )
+         # Actually build the post structure
+         # First set a maximum length for the final post
+         toot_maxlength = 490 # Actually 500 but let's keep a safety gap for miscalculation...
+         for article in new_posts:
+            articleslist.append(article.url)
+            titlehtmltext = article.title
+            titlecleantext = html.fromstring(titlehtmltext)
+            title_to_publish = titlecleantext.text_content().strip() + '\n\n'
+            articlehtmltext = article.summary
+            articlecleantext = html.fromstring(articlehtmltext)
+            summary_to_publish = articlecleantext.text_content().strip() + '\n'
+            read_more = 'Leggi tutto: ' + article.get_siteurl() + '/' + article.url + '\n\n'
+            if hasattr(article, 'tags'):
+               taglist = article.tags
+               new_taglist = []
+               for i in taglist:
+                  new_taglist.append('#' + str(i))
+                  tags_to_publish = ', '.join(str(x).replace(" ", "") for x in new_taglist)
+               toot_length = len(title_to_publish) + len(summary_to_publish) + len(read_more) + len(tags_to_publish)
+               if toot_length > toot_maxlength:
+                  truncate = toot_maxlength - len(title_to_publish) - len(tags_to_publish) - len(read_more) - 4
+                  summary_to_publish = summary_to_publish[:truncate] + ' ...' + '\n'
+                  mastodon_toot = title_to_publish + summary_to_publish + read_more + tags_to_publish
+               else:
+                  mastodon_toot = title_to_publish + summary_to_publish + read_more + tags_to_publish
+            else:
+               toot_length = len(title_to_publish) + len(summary_to_publish) + len(read_more)
+               if toot_length > toot_maxlength:
+                  truncate = toot_maxlength - len(title_to_publish) - len(read_more) - 4
+                  summary_to_publish = summary_to_publish[:truncate] + ' ...' + '\n'
+                  mastodon_toot = title_to_publish + summary_to_publish + read_more
+               else:
+                  mastodon_toot = title_to_publish + summary_to_publish + read_more
+            mastodon.toot(mastodon_toot)
+         write_articleslist(articleslist)
+
+def register():
+   try:
+      signals.article_writer_finalized.connect(post_updates)
+   except AttributeError:
+      pass
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