post_toot: Post status update to user's Mastodon account

In rtoot: Collecting and Analyzing Mastodon Data

Post status update to user's Mastodon account

Description

Be aware that excessive automated posting is frowned upon (or even against the ToS) in many instances. Make sure to check the ToS of your instance and be mindful when using this function.

Usage

post_toot(
  status = "my first rtoot #rstats",
  media = NULL,
  alt_text = NULL,
  token = NULL,
  in_reply_to_id = NULL,
  sensitive = FALSE,
  spoiler_text = NULL,
  visibility = "public",
  scheduled_at = NULL,
  language = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

status	character, toot status. Must be 500 characters or less.
media	character, path to media to add to post
alt_text	character, a plain-text description of the media, for accessibility purposes.
token	user bearer token (read from file by default)
in_reply_to_id	character, ID of the status being replied to, if status is a reply
sensitive	logical, mark status and attached media as sensitive?
spoiler_text	character, text to be shown as a warning or subject before the actual content. Statuses are generally collapsed behind this field.
visibility	character, Visibility of the posted status. One of public (default), unlisted, private, direct.
scheduled_at	ISO 8601 Datetime at which to schedule a status. Must be at least 5 minutes in the future.
language	ISO 639 language code for this status.
verbose	logical whether to display messages

Value

no return value, called for site effects

Examples

## Not run: 
# post a simple status
post_toot("my first rtoot #rstats")
# post a media file with alt text
post_toot("look at this pic", media = "path/to/image", alt_text = "describe image")

## End(Not run)

rtoot documentation built on May 29, 2024, 2:14 a.m.