bloomscroller/register.py

from mastodon import Mastodon
import config

def register_app():
    Mastodon.create_app(
        config.APP_NAME,
        website=config.APP_WEBSITE,
        api_base_url=config.APP_INSTANCE_URL,
        to_file='secrets.txt')
    app = Mastodon(client_id='secrets.txt')
    print("Browse to the OAuth authorization page at")
    print(app.auth_request_url())
    app.log_in(
        code=input("and paste here the OAuth authorization code: "),
        to_file='secrets.txt')
    print("Registration complete")

if __name__=='__main__':
    register_app()