Hunter

An Elixir client for the Mastodon API

Installation

def deps do
  [{:hunter, "~> 0.7"}]
end

Then, update your dependencies:

$ mix deps.get

If you want to run the automated tests for this project:

$ mix test

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on the process for submitting pull request to us.

Code of Conduct

Please read CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md for details on our code of conduct.

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Usage

Registering an application

iex> app = Hunter.create_app("hunter", "urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob", ["read", "write", "follow"], nil, [save?: true, api_base_url: "https://example.com"])
%Hunter.Application{client_id: "1234567890",
 client_secret: "1234567890",
 id: "1234"}

You can also load the application's saved credentials:

iex> app = Hunter.load_credentials("hunter")
%Hunter.Application{client_id: "1234567890",
 client_secret: "1234567890",
 id: "1234"}

Acquire an access token

Once you have a registered app you can do the following:

iex> conn = Hunter.log_in(app, "jdoe@example.com", "your_password", "https://example.com")
%Hunter.Client{base_url: "https://example.com",
 access_token: "123456"}

Or, if you want to use OAuth code for authentication:

iex> conn = Hunter.log_in_oauth(app, "123456code", "https://example.com")
%Hunter.Client{base_url: "https://example.com",
 access_token: "123456"}

Now you can use conn in any API request.

If you don't want to register an application but you already know your instance and your bearer token you can do the following:

iex> conn = Hunter.new([base_url: "https://example.com", access_token: "123456"])
%Hunter.Client{base_url: "https://example.com",
 access_token: "123456"}

Returns Hunter.Client details.

Getting the current user

iex> Hunter.verify_credentials(conn)
%Hunter.Account{acct: "milmazz",
 avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/avatars/original/missing.png",
 created_at: "2017-04-06T17:43:55.325Z", display_name: "Milton Mazzarri",
 followers_count: 2, following_count: 3,
 header: "https://social.lou.lt/headers/original/missing.png", id: "8039",
 locked: false, note: "", statuses_count: 1,
 url: "https://social.lou.lt/@milmazz", username: "milmazz"}

Returns a Hunter.Account

Fetching an account

iex> Hunter.account(conn, 8039)
%Hunter.Account{acct: "milmazz",
 avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/avatars/original/missing.png",
 created_at: "2017-04-06T17:43:55.325Z", display_name: "Milton Mazzarri",
 followers_count: 2, following_count: 3,
 header: "https://social.lou.lt/headers/original/missing.png", id: "8039",
 locked: false, note: "", statuses_count: 1,
 url: "https://social.lou.lt/@milmazz", username: "milmazz"}

Returns a Hunter.Account

Getting an account's followers

iex> Hunter.followers(conn, 8039)
[%Hunter.Account{acct: "atmantree@mastodon.club",
  avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/avatars/000/008/518/original/7715529d4ceb4554.jpg?1491509276",
  created_at: "2017-04-06T20:07:57.119Z", display_name: "Carlos Gustavo Ruiz",
  followers_count: 2, following_count: 2,
  header: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/headers/000/008/518/original/394f31473de7c64a.png?1491509277",
  id: "8518", locked: false,
  note: "Programmer, Pythonista, Web Creature, Blogger, C++ and Haskell Fan. Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching.",
  statuses_count: 1, url: "https://mastodon.club/@atmantree",
  username: "atmantree"},
  ...
 ]

Returns a list of Hunter.Account

Getting who account is following

iex> Hunter.following(conn, 8039)
[%Hunter.Account{acct: "sebasmagri@mastodon.cloud",
  avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/avatars/000/007/899/original/19b4d8c1e9d4e68a.jpg?1491498458",
  created_at: "2017-04-06T17:07:38.912Z",
  display_name: "Sebastián Ramírez Magrí", followers_count: 2,
  following_count: 1,
  header: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/headers/000/007/899/original/missing.png?1491498458",
  id: "7899", locked: false, note: "", statuses_count: 2,
  url: "https://mastodon.cloud/@sebasmagri", username: "sebasmagri"},
  ...]

Returns a list of Hunter.Account

Muting/unmuting an account

iex> Hunter.mute(conn, 7899)
%Hunter.Relationship{blocking: false, followed_by: false, following: true,
 muting: true, requested: false}
iex> Hunter.unmute(conn, 7899)
%Hunter.Relationship{blocking: false, followed_by: false, following: true,
 muting: false, requested: false}

Returns the target account's Hunter.Relationship

Getting an account's statuses

iex> Hunter.statuses(conn, 8039)
[%Hunter.Status{account: %Hunter.Account{acct: "milmazz",
   avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/avatars/original/missing.png",
   created_at: "2017-04-06T17:43:55.325Z", display_name: "Milton Mazzarri",
   followers_count: 4, following_count: 4,
   header: "https://social.lou.lt/headers/original/missing.png", id: "8039",
   locked: false, note: "", statuses_count: 2,
   url: "https://social.lou.lt/@milmazz", username: "milmazz"},
  application: %Hunter.Application{client_id: nil, client_secret: nil, id: nil},
  content: "<p>Hunter is a Elixir client for Mastodon: <a href=\"https://github.com/milmazz/hunter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">github.com/milmazz/hunter</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lou.lt/tags/myelixirstatus\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>myelixirstatus</span></a></p>",
  created_at: "2017-04-08T04:41:38.643Z", favourited: nil, favourites_count: 1,
  id: "118635", in_reply_to_account_id: nil, in_reply_to_id: nil,
  media_attachments: [], mentions: [], reblog: nil, reblogged: nil,
  reblogs_count: 0, sensitive: nil, spoiler_text: "",
  tags: [%Hunter.Tag{name: "myelixirstatus",
    url: "https://social.lou.lt/tags/myelixirstatus"}],
  uri: "tag:social.lou.lt,2017-04-08:objectId=118635:objectType=Status",
  url: "https://social.lou.lt/@milmazz/118635", visibility: "public"},
  ...
]

Returns a list of Hunter.Status

Fetching a user's favourites

iex> Hunter.favourites(conn)
[]

Returns a list of Hunter.Status favourited by the authenticated user.

Favouriting/unfavouriting a status

iex> Hunter.favourite(conn, 442)
%Hunter.Status{account: %Hunter.Account{acct: "FriendlyPootis",
  avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/avatars/000/000/034/original/565da0399c2c26cf.jpg?1491228302",
  created_at: "2017-04-03T13:50:06.485Z", display_name: "FriendlyPootis 🚉",
  followers_count: 62, following_count: 53,
  header: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/headers/000/000/034/original/b009ddb5a8ce41c1.jpg?1491228302",
  id: "34", locked: false,
  note: "fermé comme un carré, Vladimir Pootin sur YT (<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/VladimirPootin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"\">youtube.com/VladimirPootin</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>)",
  statuses_count: 253, url: "https://social.lou.lt/@FriendlyPootis",
  username: "FriendlyPootis"},
 application: %Hunter.Application{client_id: nil, client_secret: nil, id: nil},
 content: "<p>les gens pensez à migrer d&apos;instance pour en aller sur une moins chargée tant que vous pouvez, plus vous attendrez plus vous aurez la flemme</p>",
 created_at: "2017-04-03T16:22:04.286Z", favourited: true, favourites_count: 5,
 id: "442", in_reply_to_account_id: nil, in_reply_to_id: nil,
 media_attachments: [], mentions: [], reblog: nil, reblogged: false,
 reblogs_count: 4, sensitive: false, spoiler_text: "", tags: [],
 uri: "tag:social.lou.lt,2017-04-03:objectId=442:objectType=Status",
 url: "https://social.lou.lt/@FriendlyPootis/442", visibility: "public"}

iex> Hunter.unfavourite(conn, 442)
%Hunter.Status{account: %Hunter.Account{acct: "FriendlyPootis",
 avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/avatars/000/000/034/original/565da0399c2c26cf.jpg?1491228302",
 created_at: "2017-04-03T13:50:06.485Z", display_name: "FriendlyPootis 🚉",
 followers_count: 62, following_count: 53,
 header: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/headers/000/000/034/original/b009ddb5a8ce41c1.jpg?1491228302",
 id: "34", locked: false,
 note: "fermé comme un carré, Vladimir Pootin sur YT (<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/VladimirPootin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"\">youtube.com/VladimirPootin</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>)",
 statuses_count: 253, url: "https://social.lou.lt/@FriendlyPootis",
 username: "FriendlyPootis"},
application: %Hunter.Application{client_id: nil, client_secret: nil, id: nil},
content: "<p>les gens pensez à migrer d&apos;instance pour en aller sur une moins chargée tant que vous pouvez, plus vous attendrez plus vous aurez la flemme</p>",
created_at: "2017-04-03T16:22:04.286Z", favourited: true, favourites_count: 5,
id: "442", in_reply_to_account_id: nil, in_reply_to_id: nil,
media_attachments: [], mentions: [], reblog: nil, reblogged: false,
reblogs_count: 4, sensitive: false, spoiler_text: "", tags: [],
uri: "tag:social.lou.lt,2017-04-03:objectId=442:objectType=Status",
url: "https://social.lou.lt/@FriendlyPootis/442", visibility: "public"}

Returns the target Hunter.Status

Editing a status

iex> Hunter.edit_status(conn, 442, "corrected text", language: "en")
%Hunter.Status{content: "<p>corrected text</p>", edited_at: "2026-07-08T12:00:00.000Z", ...}

iex> Hunter.status_source(conn, 442)
%Hunter.StatusSource{id: "442", text: "corrected text", spoiler_text: ""}

iex> Hunter.status_history(conn, 442)
[%Hunter.StatusEdit{content: "<p>original text</p>", ...}, %Hunter.StatusEdit{...}]

Bookmarking a status

iex> Hunter.bookmark(conn, 442)
%Hunter.Status{bookmarked: true, ...}

iex> Hunter.bookmarks(conn)
[%Hunter.Status{bookmarked: true, ...}]

iex> Hunter.unbookmark(conn, 442)
%Hunter.Status{bookmarked: false, ...}

Statuses can also be pinned to your profile (Hunter.pin/2, Hunter.unpin/2) and their threads muted (Hunter.mute_conversation/2, Hunter.unmute_conversation/2).

Polls

iex> Hunter.create_status(conn, "which one?", poll: %{options: ["yes", "no"], expires_in: 3600})
%Hunter.Status{poll: %Hunter.Poll{id: "34830", ...}, ...}

iex> Hunter.vote(conn, 34_830, [0])
%Hunter.Poll{voted: true, own_votes: [0], votes_count: 1, ...}

iex> Hunter.poll(conn, 34_830)
%Hunter.Poll{expired: false, votes_count: 1, ...}

Lists

iex> list = Hunter.create_list(conn, "Friends", replies_policy: "followed")
%Hunter.List{id: "12249", title: "Friends", replies_policy: "followed"}

iex> Hunter.add_accounts_to_list(conn, list.id, [8039])
iex> Hunter.list_accounts(conn, list.id)
[%Hunter.Account{id: "8039", ...}]

iex> Hunter.list_timeline(conn, list.id)
[%Hunter.Status{...}]

iex> Hunter.destroy_list(conn, list.id)

Accounts must be followed before they can be added to a list. See also Hunter.lists/1, Hunter.list/2, Hunter.update_list/3, Hunter.remove_accounts_from_list/3, and Hunter.account_lists/2.

Get instance information

iex> Hunter.instance_info(conn)
%Hunter.Instance{domain: "example.com", title: "Example", version: "4.3.8", ...}

Returns the current Hunter.Instance. Does not require authentication.

Fetch user's notifications

iex> Hunter.notifications(conn)
[%Hunter.Notification{account: %Hunter.Account{acct: "paperswelove@mstdn.io",
   avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/avatars/000/007/126/original/60ecc8225809c008.png?1491486258",
   created_at: "2017-04-06T13:44:18.281Z", display_name: "Papers We Love",
   followers_count: 1, following_count: 1,
   header: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/headers/000/007/126/original/missing.png?1491486258",
   id: "7126", locked: false,
   note: "Building Bridges Between Academia and Industry\n\n<a href=\"http://paperswelove.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"invisible\">http://</span><span class=\"\">paperswelove.org</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>\n<a href=\"http://pwlconf.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\"><span class=\"invisible\">http://</span><span class=\"\">pwlconf.org</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>",
   statuses_count: 8, url: "https://mstdn.io/@paperswelove",
   username: "paperswelove"}, created_at: "2017-04-08T12:15:53.467Z", id: "17476",
  status: nil, type: "follow"},
 ...
]

Returns a list of Hunter.Notification for the authenticated user.

Fetch a single notification

iex> Hunter.notification(conn, 17476)
%Hunter.Notification{account: %Hunter.Account{acct: "paperswelove@mstdn.io",
  avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/avatars/000/007/126/original/60ecc8225809c008.png?1491486258",
  created_at: "2017-04-06T13:44:18.281Z", display_name: "Papers We Love",
  followers_count: 1, following_count: 1,
  header: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/headers/000/007/126/original/missing.png?1491486258",
  id: "7126", locked: false,
  note: "Building Bridges Between Academia and Industry\n\n<a href=\"http://paperswelove.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"invisible\">http://</span><span class=\"\">paperswelove.org</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>\n<a href=\"http://pwlconf.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\"><span class=\"invisible\">http://</span><span class=\"\">pwlconf.org</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>",
  statuses_count: 8, url: "https://mstdn.io/@paperswelove",
  username: "paperswelove"}, created_at: "2017-04-08T12:15:53.467Z", id: "17476",
 status: nil, type: "follow"}

Returns a single Hunter.Notification

Clear notifications

iex> Hunter.clear_notifications(conn)
true
iex> Hunter.notifications(conn)
[]

Deletes all notifications from the Mastodon server for the authenticated user.

Grouped notifications and filtering

iex> Hunter.grouped_notifications(conn, types: ["mention"])
%Hunter.GroupedNotificationsResults{
  notification_groups: [%Hunter.NotificationGroup{type: "mention", ...}],
  accounts: [%Hunter.Account{...}],
  statuses: [%Hunter.Status{...}]
}

iex> Hunter.unread_count(conn)
3

iex> Hunter.update_notification_policy(conn, for_not_following: "filter")
%Hunter.NotificationPolicy{for_not_following: "filter", ...}

iex> Hunter.notification_requests(conn)
[%Hunter.NotificationRequest{account: %Hunter.Account{...}, ...}]

Filtered notifications become requests that can be accepted (Hunter.accept_notification_request/2) or dismissed. Web Push delivery is managed with Hunter.create_push_subscription/3, Hunter.push_subscription/1, Hunter.update_push_subscription/2, and Hunter.delete_push_subscription/1.

Fetch a list of follow requests

iex> Hunter.follow_requests(conn)
[]

Returns a list of Hunter.Account which have requested to follow the authenticated user.

Fetch user's blocks

iex> Hunter.blocks(conn)
[]

Returns a list of Hunter.Account blocked by the authenticated user.

Fetch user's mutes

iex> Hunter.mutes(conn)
[]

Returns a list of Hunter.Account muted by the authenticated user.

Filter statuses given a hashtag

iex> Hunter.hashtag_timeline(conn, "paperswelove")
[%Hunter.Status{account: %Hunter.Account{acct: "paperswelove@mstdn.io",
   avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/avatars/000/007/126/original/60ecc8225809c008.png?1491486258",
   created_at: "2017-04-06T13:44:18.281Z", display_name: "Papers We Love",
   followers_count: 1, following_count: 1,
   header: "https://social.lou.lt/system/accounts/headers/000/007/126/original/missing.png?1491486258",
   id: "7126", locked: false,
   note: "Building Bridges Between Academia and Industry\n\n<a href=\"http://paperswelove.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"invisible\">http://</span><span class=\"\">paperswelove.org</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>\n<a href=\"http://pwlconf.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\"><span class=\"invisible\">http://</span><span class=\"\">pwlconf.org</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>",
   statuses_count: 8, url: "https://mstdn.io/@paperswelove",
   username: "paperswelove"}, application: nil,
  content: "<p>One Pass Real-Time Generational Mark-Sweep Garbage Collection - Armstrong, Virding</p><p>Link: <a href=\"http://buff.ly/2pdh7iS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"invisible\">http://</span><span class=\"\">buff.ly/2pdh7iS</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a> </p><p>In this paper we present a simple scheme for reclaiming data for such language classes with a single pass mark-sweep collector. We also show how the simple scheme can be modified so that the collection can be done in an incremental manner (making it suitable for real-time collection).</p><p><a href=\"https://mstdn.io/tags/garbagecollection\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>garbagecollection</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.io/tags/compsci\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href=\"https://mstdn.io/tags/paperswelove\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>paperswelove</span></a></p><p> <a href=\"https://mstdn.io/media/u03CNEJZho1pvTR3q6Y\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noopener\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">mstdn.io/media/u03CNEJZho1pvTR</span><span class=\"invisible\">3q6Y</span></a></p>",
  created_at: "2017-04-10T11:40:45.000Z", favourited: nil, favourites_count: 0,
  id: "186397", in_reply_to_account_id: nil, in_reply_to_id: nil,
  media_attachments: [%Hunter.Attachment{id: "10284",
    preview_url: "https://social.lou.lt/system/media_attachments/files/000/010/284/small/b0432b95264e141c.png?1491824449",
    remote_url: "https://mstdn.io/system/media_attachments/files/000/009/562/original/b0432b95264e141c.png",
    text_url: nil, type: "image",
    url: "https://social.lou.lt/system/media_attachments/files/000/010/284/original/b0432b95264e141c.png?1491824449"}],
  mentions: [], reblog: nil, reblogged: nil, reblogs_count: 0, sensitive: false,
  spoiler_text: "",
  tags: [%Hunter.Tag{name: "paperswelove",
    url: "https://social.lou.lt/tags/paperswelove"},
   %Hunter.Tag{name: "compsci", url: "https://social.lou.lt/tags/compsci"},
   %Hunter.Tag{name: "garbagecollection",
    url: "https://social.lou.lt/tags/garbagecollection"}],
  uri: "tag:mstdn.io,2017-04-10:objectId=171105:objectType=Status",
  url: "https://mstdn.io/users/paperswelove/updates/9954",
  visibility: "public"},
  ...
 ]

Returns a list of Hunter.Status, most recent ones first.

Updating the current user

iex> Hunter.update_credentials(conn, %{note: "Enum.random(~w(programming cycling tennis elixir learning mojitos grill))"})
%Hunter.Account{acct: "milmazz",
 avatar: "https://social.lou.lt/avatars/original/missing.png",
 created_at: "2017-04-06T17:43:55.325Z", display_name: "Milton Mazzarri",
 followers_count: 4, following_count: 4,
 header: "https://social.lou.lt/headers/original/missing.png", id: "8039",
 locked: false,
 note: "Enum.random(~w(programming cycling tennis elixir learning mojitos grill))",
 statuses_count: 3, url: "https://social.lou.lt/@milmazz", username: "milmazz"}

Returns a Hunter.Account

Configuration

Hunter uses Req as its HTTP client layer. Extra Req options can be merged into every request through Hunter configuration:

config :hunter, req_options: [receive_timeout: 30_000]

The same knob lets tests intercept requests with Req.Test:

config :hunter, req_options: [plug: {Req.Test, MyApp.MastodonStub}]

Finally, you can also change the default API base url (https://mastodon.social):

config :hunter, api_base_url: "https://mastodon.social"

License

Hunter source code is released under the Apache License 2.0.

Check the LICENSE file for more information.