Add --visibility option to post command

README.rst

@@ -73,3 +73,9 @@ To post a new status to your timeline:
 Optionally attach an image or video to the status:
 
     toot post "Hello world!" --media=path/to/world.jpg
+
+To set post visibility:
+
+    toot post "Hello world!" --visibility=unlisted
+
+Possible visibility values are: ``public`` (default), ``unlisted``, ``private``, ``direct``. They are documented  `here <https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/aa20089756c8cf9ff5a52fb35ad1a9472f10970c/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md#toot-privacy>`_.

toot/__init__.py

@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ from requests import Request, Session
 App = namedtuple('App', ['base_url', 'client_id', 'client_secret'])
 User = namedtuple('User', ['username', 'access_token'])
 
-APP_NAME = 'toot'
 DEFAULT_INSTANCE = 'mastodon.social'
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger('toot')
 
 
@@ -94,10 +92,11 @@ def login(app, username, password):
     return User(username, access_token)
 
 
-def post_status(app, user, status, media_ids=None):
+def post_status(app, user, status, visibility='public', media_ids=None):
     return _post(app, user, '/api/v1/statuses', {
         'status': status,
         'media_ids[]': media_ids,
+        'visibility': visibility,
     })
 
 

toot/console.py

@@ -145,19 +145,26 @@ def cmd_post_status(app, user):
     parser.add_option("-m", "--media", dest="media", type="string",
                       help="path to the media file to attach")
 
+    parser.add_option("-v", "--visibility", dest="visibility", type="string", default="public",
+                      help='post visibility, either "public" (default), "direct", "private", or "unlisted"')
+
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
     if len(args) < 2:
         parser.print_help()
         raise ConsoleError("No text given")
 
+    if options.visibility not in ['public', 'unlisted', 'private', 'direct']:
+        raise ConsoleError("Invalid visibility value given: '{}'".format(options.visibility))
+
     if options.media:
         media = do_upload(app, user, options.media)
         media_ids = [media['id']]
     else:
         media_ids = None
 
-    response = post_status(app, user, args[1], media_ids=media_ids)
+    response = post_status(
+        app, user, args[1], media_ids=media_ids, visibility=options.visibility)
 
     print("Toot posted: " + green(response.get('url')))