Featured profiles snuck their way onto mastodon.social in a nightly build. Check out the last section of my Featured tab - only visible on Mastodon web (for now)!
An opportunity for client app developers, who wants to give this a try? #MastodonAPI
https://fosstodon.org/@sethmlarson/114432911055034192
I don't know much about this mastodon api client yet, but it sure looks cute. Lots of fun, exaggerated animations.
Not many app developers use the Mastodon Sign Up API, but note if you do, there is a breaking change coming you need to be aware of - optional age verification.
Now I’m kinda curious which apps DO use this!
Here's another mastodon fever dream that is sitting in my projects pile. A mastodon bookmark browser. It extracts the authors and hashtags, and allows you to browse through them based on those filters (plus timeframes).
The problem I have right now is...for a bookmark junkie like me, once you go to "all bookmarks" the list of authors and hashtags gets unwieldy..how do I visualize the options at that point? I guess a series of dropdowns, which isn't visually appealing.
I have several little sites that use the Mastodon API just sitting unfinished. Here's one that attempts to put a user friendly UI on the advanced search (elasticsearch) options if your server supports it.
"If your server supports it" is where I'm stuck. There's no /api/vX/instance or nodeinfo fields that identify if the server has it enabled.
A login is required to test for it...so I have to ask the user to login, then tell them LOL NO JK your instance doesn't support this.
New API filter action in Mastodon that fedi app developers will want to know about.
Filters can now include a new filter_action of “blur”. Media attachments in posts matching the criteria should then be blurred by the client app based on the FilterResult object attached.
The code behind this would make good developers cry. But I have fun fiddling with it on the weekends, and have learned tons about Vue.js
I love this blog post about fun / silly / niche apps built on the #MastodonAPI https://halcy.de/blog/2025/03/18/silly-mastodon-apps/
I've built a thing.
Sometimes my follower count seemingly fluctuates at random. To understand why, I dug into the #MastodonAPI and created "fedi-followers":
A privacy-friendly #fediverse #followers explorer as local-only static web app, decentrally hosted on the #ipfs. See who's actually following (and unfollowing) you over time and much more.
Hey, everyone! It took like 1.5 years, here is, finally, a proper new release for Mastodon.py! 
This was a lot of work! I'm so glad I finally got it across the line!
Docs: https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0/
Github with changelog: https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py/releases/tag/2.0.0
This is a *massive* update. There's all the support for new endpoints up to 4.3.0, and large amounts of refactoring. The library is now fully typed, too, and thanks to that documentation has been massively improved!
Despite the major version bump, everything *should* be for the most part backward compatible. Existing code should not break, unless you're on Python 3.6 or below. I would still recommend being careful about upgrading without need. Expect a maintenance update once people actually start using this and find all the issues in the code that my tests didn't catch.
blog! “Creating a generic "Log-in with Mastodon" service”
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Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/creating-a-generic-log-in-with-mastodon-service/
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#Auth0 #MastodonAPI #oauth
Is it possible to mute a specific word but only from a specific user?
Example:
I want to mute all posts containing "football" from @ Bob - but I want to see football posts in general, and I don't want to totally mute Bob.
I can't see any way to do that on the web or in Android apps. Am I missing something, or is it not possible?
I put together a quick node.js script that lets you download media attachments from posts you favorited or bookmarked. In case anyone finds this useful.
https://github.com/stefanbohacek/download-media-files-from-likes-and-bookmarks
Ah, wild shot, but is anyone using the fairly outdated mastodon-api node.js library?
https://github.com/vanita5/mastodon-api
Seems like the "streaming/user" endpoint no longer works?
Maybe it's really time to switch to something else.
Hey FediFriends!
Could you please try an experiment for me?
If you use Mastodon:
1. Visit https://social.viii.fi/masto.php
2. Type in the URl of your Mastodon instance
3. Authorise my app to *read* your account
4. Tell me what you see after authorisation
It is read-only permission, so I can't do anything with your account.
THANKS FOR HELPING WITH MY SCIENCE!
If you are able to see the list of followers for the account @bot please let me know.
Mastodon is picking up the *number* of followers, but it won't show *who* is following and I'm trying to debug why.
(I don't need you to show me if it *isn't* working!)
Does anyone know if Mastodon periodically checks "verified" links on your profile?
If I remove the `rel="me"` link from my website, how long before the green tick disappears?
I can't find anything on https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/#verification
What are the *technical* steps behind moving a Mastodon account?
I understand how to do it from a user perspective (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/#move) but what does the new server need to do?
Is it as simple as adding an "aliases" to the webfinger?
