multi-account-post-schedule-mastodon/helpers/meme_poster_random.js

import fs from "fs";
import path from 'path';
import {getRandomElementOfArray, listFilesOfFolder} from './utils.js'
import Masto from "mastodon";

const __dirname = path.resolve();
const folderMemeUnpublished = 'assets/pictures/meme/not_published/'
const folderMemePublished = 'assets/pictures/meme/published/'
const list_unpublished_images = listFilesOfFolder(folderMemeUnpublished)

// const reallySendPost = false;
const reallySendPost = true;


function postLink() {

    console.log("envoi de post par le compte meme bliss")


    let selectedImage = 'meme_default.jpg';
    if (list_unpublished_images.length) {
        selectedImage = getRandomElementOfArray(list_unpublished_images)
    }else{
        console.log("----- nothing to publish -----")
        return;
    }
    console.log("selectedImage", selectedImage)
    let visibility = 'public';
    let language = 'fr';
    let sensitive = false;

    let configPost = {
        author: 'meme',
        image: selectedImage,
        visibility,
        language,
        sensitive,
        status: `#meme`,
        reallySendPost
    }
    console.log("configPost", configPost)
    let id = '';
    if (reallySendPost) {


        let accessToken = process.env['TOKEN_' + configPost.author.toUpperCase()]
        const masto = new Masto({
            access_token: accessToken,
            api_url: process.env.INSTANCE_MASTODON + '/api/v1/',
        });

        masto.post('media', {file: fs.createReadStream( folderMemeUnpublished + configPost.image)})
            .then(resp => {
                id = resp.data.id;
                configPost.media_ids = [id]
                masto.post('statuses', configPost).then(rep => {
                    // console.log('rep', rep)
                    console.log(`posté avec une nouvelle image, ${configPost.image} WOOT`)
                    console.log("post has been sent, time to move image from unpublished folder: ", selectedImage)
                    moveImageToPublishedFolder(selectedImage)
                }, err => {
                    console.error(err)
                    console.log("erreur T_T")
                })
            })
    } else {
        console.log("send post disabled for meme bliss")
    }
}

/**
 * move to published
 * @param imageName
 */
function moveImageToPublishedFolder(imageName){
    return fs.renameSync(folderMemeUnpublished + imageName, folderMemePublished + imageName)
}
postLink();