mastodon toot a photostream make and destroy toots in a time intervall

toot_a_photostream.sh

#!/bin/bash
#crontab
#for crontab use always full path or EXPORT
#crontabline : */15 * * * * /home/user_name/bin/stream_ordner/toot_a_photostream.sh >/home/user_name/bin/stream_ordner/error.txt 2>&1

fullpath_dir="/home/foo/bin/stream"
fullpath_toot="/usr/bin/toot"
mkdir -p $fullpath_dir/"$(date +%m_%d_%y)"
source_url="https://webcams.foo_bar.de/Webcam1/webcam/current.jpg"
toottext="Mein Text $(date +%H:%M) . Alle 15 Minuten ein Schnappschuss!"
tootid="$(cat $fullpath_dir/toot_id.txt)"

#sleep 100
if [ -z "$tootid" ]; then
    echo "still no ID"
else
$fullpath_toot delete $tootid
fi
sleep 1
/usr/bin/wget --no-use-server-timestamps $fullpath_dir/$(date +%m_%d_%y) $source_url -O $fullpath_dir/$(date +%m_%d_%y)/$(date +%H_%M).jpg

tooturl="$(echo "$toottext"| $fullpath_toot post --media $fullpath_dir/$(date +%m_%d_%y)/$(date +%H_%M).jpg)"
echo "${tooturl##*/}" > $fullpath_dir/toot_id.txt

Needs command line tool "toot"

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update 01.05.2024 Jetzt mit Variablen

03.05.2024 dran rumgemurkst

Nochmal dran rumgemurkst. Jetzt wird automatisch ein Ordner für die Fotos erzeugt