mastodon-block-bot/README.md

Mastodon Block Bot

This is a simple database-based block bot for Mastodon.

Installation

1. Install plpython3. On Debian this is apt install postgresql-plpython3-13.
2. Run the script as the database administrator account (postgres) in your Mastodon database. Database admin is required to create the Python extension and function. For example: sudo -u postgres psql mastodon < blockbot.sql.
3. Insert a row into blockbot_config with your Mastodon hostname and a token for the account you want the blockbot to use. INSERT INTO blockbot_config (hostname, token) VALUES ('freak.university', '...');

Opter outer

This is a python fedi bot that processes opt out/opt in requests. By default, people are opted in, and they can run @blockbot opt out to opt out.

1. Copy opter_outer.example.toml to opter_outer.toml
2. Edit the db section as needed.
3. python -m venv .venv
4. . .venv/bin/activate
5. pip install -r requirements.txt

Then set your service manager (such as systemd) to run .venv/bin/python opter_outer.py.

License

AGPLv3, see LICENSE.md.