It is built on top of [madon](https://github.com/McKael/madon), my Golang implementation of the API.

### From source

To install the application from source (you need to have Go), just type:

and you should be able to run `madonctl`.

### Download

Check the [Release page](https://github.com/McKael/madonctl/releases) for some pre-built binaries.

More pre-built binaries are available from the [Homepage](https://lilotux.net/~mikael/pub/madonctl/) (development version and builds for a few other platforms).

### Configuration

In order to use madonctl, you need to specify the instance name or URL, and

usually provide an account login/password (or a token).

These settings can be passed as command line arguments or environment variables,

but the easiest way is to use a configuration file.

Note that you can generate a configuration file for your settings with

`madonctl config dump -i mastodon.social -L username@domain -P password`

(You can redirect the output to a configuration file.)

If you only provide the Mastodon instance, it will generate a configuration file with an application ID/secret for this instance and you will have to add the user credentials.

### Usage

The complete list of commands is available in the online help (`madonctl help`, `madonctl command --help`...)

or in the [manpages](https://lilotux.net/~mikael/pub/madonctl/manual/html/).  The [Homepage](https://lilotux.net/~mikael/pub/madonctl/) also contains a plain list of commands.

### Examples

To post a simple "toot":

``` sh

% madonctl toot "Hello, World"

```

You can change the toot visibility, add a Content Warning (a.k.a. spoiler) or send a media file:

``` sh

% madonctl toot --visibility direct "@McKael Hello, you"

% madonctl toot --visibility private --spoiler CW "The answer was 42"

% madonctl post --file image.jpg Selfie # Send a media file

```

Some account-related commands:

``` sh

% madonctl accounts blocked                       # List blocked accounts

% madonctl accounts muted                         # List muted accounts

% madonctl accounts notifications --list --clear  # List and clear notifications

```

Add/remove a favourite, boost a status...

``` sh

% madonctl status --status-id 416671 favourite    # Fave a status

% madonctl status --status-id 416671 boost        # Boost a status

```

Follow a remote account:

``` sh

% madonctl accounts follow --remote Gargron@mastodon.social

```

Use the streaming API and fetch timelines and notifications:

``` sh

% madonctl stream                   # Stream home timeline and notifications

% madonctl stream local             # Stream local timeline

% madonctl stream public            # Stream federated timeline

```

(Almost) All commands have a customisable outpput

``` sh

% madonctl accounts show            # Display an account

% madonctl accounts show -o yaml    # Display an account, in yaml

% madonctl accounts show -o json    # Display an account, in json

% madonctl stream local -o json     # Stream local timeline and output to JSON

```

You can also use Go (Golang) templates:

``` sh

% madonctl accounts --account-id 1 followers --template '{{.acct}}{{"\n"}}'

```

There are many more commands, you can find them in the online help or the manpage.

### Shell completion

If you want shell completion, you can generate scripts with the following command: \

`madonctl completion bash` (or zsh)

Then, just source the script in your shell.

For example, I have this line in my .zshrc:

`source <(madonctl completion zsh)`

### Commands output

The output can be set to json, yaml or to a Go template for all commands.\

If you are familiar with Kubernetes' kubectl, it is very similar.

For example, you can display your user token with:\

`madonctl config whoami --template '{{.access_token}}'`\

or the application ID with:\

`madonctl config dump --template '{{.ID}}'`

All the users that have favorited a given status:\

`madonctl status --status-id 101194 favourited-by --template '{{.username}}{{"\n"}}'`

For more complex templates, one can use the `--template-file` option.