social-photos/social_photos/publish_pixelfed.py

import load_config

from mastodon import Mastodon
import datetime, pytz

m = Mastodon(access_token=load_config.config['pixelfed']['token'], api_base_url=load_config.config['pixelfed']['server'])

def upload(file_data: list):
    for file in file_data:
        print("Uploading image to Pixelfed")
        media_upload = m.media_post(file['path'], description=file['alt'])
        print("Posting to Pixelfed")
        post_upload = m.status_post(formatPost(file), media_ids = media_upload['id'], visibility="public")
        print(post_upload)
    return post_upload['url']

def formatPost(file: dict):
    tag_string = formatTags(file['tags'])
    if load_config.config['pixelfed']['add_to_description']:
        file['description'] = file['description'] + load_config.config['pixelfed']['add_to_description']
    return f"{file['title']} | {file['description']} \n {formatDate(file['create'])} \n {tag_string}"

def formatTags(tags: list):
    formatted_tags = ['#' + tag.title().replace(' ', '') for tag in tags]
    formatted_tags_str = ' '.join(formatted_tags)
    return formatted_tags_str

def formatDate(input_date_str: str):
    print(input_date_str)
    input_datetime = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(input_date_str)
    london_tz = pytz.timezone('Europe/London')
    london_datetime = input_datetime.replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc).astimezone(london_tz)
    output = london_datetime.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
    print(output)
    return output