Added On This Day

on_this_day.py

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+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+
+#  Set up access
+instance = "https://mastodon.example"
+mastodon = Mastodon( api_base_url=instance, access_token="abc123" )
+
+#  Get user's info
+me = mastodon.me()
+my_id = me["id"]
+year_joined = me["created_at"].year
+
+#  Today's date
+year_now  = datetime.now().year
+month_now = datetime.now().month
+day_now   = datetime.now().day
+
+#  Counter
+year_counter = year_now
+
+#  Loop through previous years
+#  Start with last year and go down until the user joined
+while (year_counter >= year_joined ) :
+   year_counter -= 1
+   #  The end of today is the start of tomorrow
+   #  This means yesterday can take into account leap-years
+   today_end = datetime(year_counter, month_now, day_now, 00, 00) + timedelta(days=1)
+   yesterday_end = today_end - timedelta(days=1)
+   #  Bitwise shift the integer representation and convert to milliseconds
+   max_id = ( int( today_end.timestamp() )     << 16 ) * 1000
+   min_id = ( int( yesterday_end.timestamp() ) << 16 ) * 1000
+   #  Call the API
+   statuses = mastodon.account_statuses(id = my_id, max_id=max_id, min_id=min_id, limit="40", exclude_reblogs=True)
+   #  Fetch further statuses if there are any
+   all_statuses = mastodon.fetch_remaining(statuses)
+   #  Print the date and URl
+   for status in all_statuses :
+      print( str(status["created_at"]) + " " + status["uri"] )