mastostats

Weekly automated Mastodon post for norden.social, ported from an Apple Shortcut.

What the script does

1. Calls GET /api/v1/instance/activity
2. Picks the last completed week (activity[1], with fallback to activity[0])
3. Reads logins and registrations
4. Calls GET /api/v1/custom_emojis
5. Picks one random emoji and uses its shortcode
6. Calls POST /api/v1/statuses with form field status

Post format:

Letzte Woche waren wir X aktive Accounts und Y haben sich neu registriert. Unser Emoji der Woche ist "shortcode": :shortcode: #nordensocialstats

Schedule behavior

The GitHub Action is scheduled for Monday at 12:00 in Europe/Berlin using GitHub Actions timezone support.

Setup

1. Push this repository to GitHub.
2. Go to Settings > Secrets and variables > Actions.
3. Add secret:
   • MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN = your Mastodon access token
4. Workflow file:
   • .github/workflows/weekly-mastodon-post.yml

Manual run

Use Actions > Weekly Mastodon Stats Post > Run workflow:

• dry_run=true to generate output without posting