le Pétomane Ancien @lePetomaneAncien@qoto.org

I've found Postman to be the most useful tool for exploring the API. cURL is still problematic -- I've followed carefully a couple tutorials with no success and I can't figure out why. A simple python script using the request library works well but isn't quite the explore and debug tool that Postman is.

Next up is hook up some sensor to an MCU, send data to a Raspberry Pi running Node-Red, then have N-R use the API to update my Mastodon status. Day job+holidays likely push that out to the new year.

Yes, that's a crow at my backyard bird feeder. Not an everyday occurrence.

Mastodon API request from Python.

Still using Postman to understand the API. GET fails, POST works

Further testing using Postman

OK #MastodonAPI gurus.

I can use postman to update my status using the parameters specified by the spec but get a 404 when I use curl:
curl https://qoto.org/api/v1/statuses -H 'Authorization: Bearer myAccessToken' -F 'status= Testing Mastodon's API by updating my status'

Testing Mastodon's API by updating using postman

Has anybody played with the Mastodon API? It looks to be pretty straightforward but there's always a gotcha lurking. I hope to get some time to beat on it toward the end of the week. If I learn anything interesting, I'll report back here.

#mastodonapi

Thanks to @rpilocator I finally acquired a Raspberry Pi 4. Not sure what I want to build first. I'll probably just round up all the loose sensors in the junk box , wire them up to GPIO pins and write values to a Node-Red dashboard.

Or, I have a "robot" chassis, motor driver boards, etc. in the junk box. Maybe a desktop rover.

Or, I have a laser module, a couple servos and a new cat. Maybe a cat distracter to keep him off the keyboard.

Or, maybe the community has some ideas for Teach Yourself Python The Hard Way™

#raspberrypi
#python

#introduction Studied biology as a youth. First computer I touched was a PDP 11. Entrepreneured until I got it dot bombed out of me. Did most of the jobs there are in software development. Currently a soon to retire scrum master. Fart around with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc. Mostly just burning my fingers with a soldering iron. Words of wisdom, "Get off my lawn!"

Another escapee from Twitter. Let's jump right into it. Has anyone had any success sourcing a Raspberry Pi Zero W in the US? eBay price gouging doesn't count.