Use SQL to instantly query Mastodon timelines, accounts, followers and more. Open source CLI. No DB required.

Download and install the latest Mastodon plugin:

steampipe plugin install mastodon

Installing the latest mastodon plugin will create a config file (~/.steampipe/config/mastodon.spc) with a single connection named mastodon:

connection "mastodon" {
    plugin = "mastodon"

    # `server` (required) - The federated server your account lives. Ex: mastodon.social, nerdculture.de, etc
    # server = "https://myserver.social"

    # `access_token` (required) - Get your access token by going to your Mastodon server, then: Settings -> Development -> New Application
    # Refer to this page for more details: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/client/token
    # access_token = "FK1_gBrl7b9sPOSADhx61-uvagzv9EDuMrXuc1AlcNU"

    # `app` (optional) - Allows you to follow links to Elk instead of stock client
    # app = "elk.zone"

    # `max_toots` (optional) - Defines the maximum number of toots to list in the mastodon toot tables.
    # If not set, the default is 1000. To avoid limiting, set max_toots = -1
    # max_toots = 1000
}

• access_token - The token to access the Mastodon APIs. This is required while querying all the tables except mastodon_rule, mastodon_peer, mastodon_server, mastodon_weekly_activity, and mastodon_domain_block tables.

This plugin is available for the following engines:

Prerequisites:

• Steampipe
• Golang

Clone:

git clone https://github.com/turbot/steampipe-plugin-mastodon
cd steampipe-plugin-mastodon

Build, which automatically installs the new version to your ~/.steampipe/plugins directory:

make

Configure the plugin:

cp config/* ~/.steampipe/config
vi ~/.steampipe/config/mastodon.spc

Try it!

steampipe query
> .inspect mastodon

Further reading:

• Writing plugins
• Writing your first table

This repository is published under the Apache 2.0 (source code) and CC BY-NC-ND (docs) licenses. Please see our code of conduct. We look forward to collaborating with you!

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Want to help but don't know where to start? Pick up one of the help wanted issues:

• Steampipe
• Mastodon Plugin