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1.9 KiB
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61 lines
1.9 KiB
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<h1 align="center"><img src="assets/logo.svg" width="128" height="128" alt="toot"></h1>
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> Cross-instance share page for Mastodon
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[toot] allows you to share stuff on Mastodon, cross-instance. Just put in your post text and the instance URL and click ‘Toot!’
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And if you open this page with `text` URL parameter, it will be auto-inserted in the text field. The same goes for the `instance` URL parameter. This can be used to build custom share buttons for Mastodon:
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```html
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<a href="https://toot.karamoff.dev/?text=Hello%20world!&instance=https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.xyz">
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Share on Mastodon
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</a>
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```
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The instance URL can be saved in your `localStorage` to be automatically appended later — handy!
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## Hosting
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### One-click Vercel deploy
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For now, toot is a tad bit vendor-locked to run on
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[Vercel](https://vercel.com/). To deploy it yourself, you can use the following
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button:
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[](https://vercel.com/new/clone?repository-url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FNickKaramoff%2Ftoot)
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### Host it yourself
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Self-hosting toot outside of Vercel requires some extra setup:
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1. Make sure you have got Node.js v12 or later installed
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2. Build the static part of toot:
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```sh
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yarn # to install dependencies
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yarn build # to build the website
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```
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3. Run the backend server for the form:
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```sh
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node api/toot.js
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```
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4. Set up a reverse proxy from `localhost:8000` to `/api/toot`
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## See also
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**[📯 shareon](https://shareon.js.org)** — lightweight, stylish and ethical share buttons — use [toot] under the hood!
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## Licence
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[AGPL-3.0](https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-only.html) © 2020-2021, Nikita Karamov
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The ‘toot’ logo is based on Mastodon’s ‘Simple’ logo, licensed under [AGPL-3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html).
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The repo banner includes Mastodon’s ‘Full’ logo, licensed under [AGPL-3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html).
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[toot]: https://toot.karamoff.dev
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