From 8891927ed37ccedd60c18d68ce904f7f59dc119f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Moe <moe@spacecruft.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 11:46:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add description scriplet to test connection

---
 RMFOLLOW.md     | 11 ++++++++++-
 src/description | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 src/description

diff --git a/RMFOLLOW.md b/RMFOLLOW.md
index 3432a0e..bcc443c 100644
--- a/RMFOLLOW.md
+++ b/RMFOLLOW.md
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # Configure
 Configure thusly.
-Set URL for API and API password (token).
+
+Go to your Mastodon web page, click `Development` and `New Application`.
+Set permissions there.
+
+Set URL for API and API password from above.
 
 
 ```
@@ -47,6 +51,11 @@ Use thusly.
 ```
 cd mastodon/
 source env/bin/activate
+
+# Get Mastodon instance description, to make sure API url/password are ok.
+./src/description
+
+# XXX not yet
 ./src/rm-follower-spam
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/description b/src/description
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ac73fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/description
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# description
+# 
+# Copyright (C) 2023, Jeff Moe
+# 
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+from settings import password, url
+
+mastodon = Mastodon(
+    access_token=password,
+    api_base_url=url
+)
+
+description = mastodon.account_verify_credentials().source.note
+
+print(description)
+