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# Mastobot — Mastodon Feed Automation Service
Automatically syncs RSS feeds from Finnish and international sources to your custom Mastodon instance.
## Features
- **7 RSS feed rotors** - Pull updates from news, weather, and community sources
- **Custom content formatting** - Each feed has tailored message formatting (e.g., hashtags for Finnish feeds)
- **Intelligent tagging** - Uses OpenAI API to generate or translate hashtags for Yle.fi English news
- **Static embed page** - Generate personalized Mastodon profile pages via S3 upload
- **Health monitoring** - Built-in health check endpoint
## Available Feed Rotors
| Router | Source | Language | Features |
|--------|--------|----------|----------|
| `yle_fi` | Yle.fi News | fi | Includes hashtags, custom cleaning |
| `yle_en` | Yle.fi News | en | AI-generated translated tags |
| `the_local` | The Local | en | Includes hashtags |
| `taloustaito` | Taloustaito | fi | First 3 articles only |
| `sur` | Sur Weather News | en | Includes hashtags |
| `hn` | Hacker News | en | Title + link only |
| `embed` | Your Mastodon | any | Static profile page generator |
## Tech Stack
- **Backend**: FastAPI (Python)
- **Database**: None (state stored in memory per request)
- **Deployment**: Docker Compose with development hot-reload
- **AI Integration**: OpenAI API for tag translation/generation
- **Storage**: Amazon S3 for embed pages
- **External APIs**: RSS feedparser, Mastodon v1 API, BeautifulSoup
## Setup
### Prerequisites
- Docker (compose)
- Custom Mastodon instance with API access
- OpenAI API key (for `yle_en` rotor only)
- AWS credentials (for `embed` rotor S3 upload)
### Development
```bash
# Load environment variables
# Copy .env.example to .env and fill in:
# - mastodon_server: https://your.mastodon.local
# - feeds__: {source_name: {url, account_id, token}}
# - openai_api_key: sk-your-api-key
# - aws_access_key_id / aws_secret_access_key (optional)
# Run development server with hot-reload
uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
# Or use Docker Compose
docker compose up --build
```
### Configuration Example
```yaml
feeds__ :
fuengirola__ :
url: https://fuengirola.fi/fi/rss/
account_id: 12345678
token: your_mastodon_token
hn__ :
url: https://hacker-news.ycombinator.com/hlnews.xml
account_id: 12345678
token: your_mastodon_token
```
## Usage
### Health Check
```bash
curl http://localhost:8000/health
```
Returns: `{"status": "healthy"}`
### Trigger Manual Feed Update
Call specific rotors via HTTP:
```bash
curl http://localhost:8000/rss?source=fuengirola
```
See individual router docs for endpoints.
## API Endpoints
| Endpoint | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `/` | Welcome message |
| `/health` | Health check |
| `/embed/generate` | Generate static embed page at S3 key |
| `/rss?fource=fuengirola` | Fuengirola weather news |
| `/rss?source=yle_fi` | Yle.fi Finnish news |
| `/rss?source=yle_en` | Yle.fi English news (AI tags) |
| `/rss?source=the_local` | The Local articles |
| `/rss?source=taloustaito` | Taloustaito economics |
| `/rss?source=sur` | Weather news with hashtags |
| `/rss?source=hn` | Hacker News |
## License
Proprietary - All Rights Reserved for John Ahlroos