Bloomscroller is a [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org) bot that is run as a cron job in order to drip-toot a [Piwigo](https://piwigo.org) gallery one image at a time.

Specifically, I wrote it in order to publish photos from a [gallery](https://photos.nandn.org.il/piwigo/index.php?/category/21) of flowers that grow in [our](https://nandn.org.il/) garden (hence the name).

At [config.py](config.py) there are `TOOT_TEMPLATE` and `ALT_TEXT_TEMPLATE` that can contain fields from an album image's [json info](example.json). In my specific test case I don't use `{title}` and `{comment}`, but they're there if they're useful for you.

### Installing

* Run `./install.sh`
* Edit [config.py](config.py) to suit your needs
* Run `./register.sh` to register the bot with you mastodon server (make sure the instance's policy allows you to run the bot).


### Running

Run `[/path/to/here]/run.sh`. This can be done as a cron job.

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