@halcy Well, I follow the #mastodonpy tag and would use it for any questions here too.
However, it is slightly annoying, that the same tag is also used by lots of test messages.
(And yes: Anything that isn't just my incompetence is going to github issues anyways.)
I've been wondering for a while: People seem to often ask questions about "how do I do X with mastodon.py" or "why isn't my code, that uses mastodon.py, working" into the void, or in some general forum. I don't usually see those questions, so even if I could easily help, I have no means to. It'd be great if people tagged me into these types of questions, or if there was a better venue for it, maybe. I've been thinking like sure just open a github issue, even if it's just a "how do I do X" type question, but I think most people are hesitant to?
What would be the ideal way to improve this situation somewhat? Any suggestions welcome, but of course especially if you've been in that situation. #mastodonpy #mastodev
As expected, here's a quick Mastodon.py release that fixes some issues people found, mostly pagination related. Upgrading from 2.0.0 to this should be perfectly safe, it's bugfixes only~ Thank you to everyone who reported an issue or even contributed a PR to immediately fix it <3 
* Changelog on GitHub: https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py/releases/tag/v2.0.1
* Docs: https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io/en/v2.0.1/
* PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/Mastodon.py/2.0.1/
I've worked out the issues and now uploaded version 2.0 of the Mastodon.py Debian packages. As @halcy said in the main announcement, there are a lot of changes.
The other good thing is some optional dependencies are now available in Debian so they're included now too.
Today, I learned that PyScript is a thing, and that you can use it to run Mastodon.py entirely in your browser and build anything from a small basic tool to an entire client, using Python, that runs in the browser!
https://halcy.de/blog/2025/02/18/mastodonpy-in-the-browser/ #mastodev #mastodonpy
Hey, everyone! It took like 1.5 years, here is, finally, a proper new release for Mastodon.py! This was a lot of work! I'm so glad I finally got it across the line!
Docs: https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io/en/2.0.0/
Github with changelog: https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py/releases/tag/2.0.0
This is a *massive* update. There's all the support for new endpoints up to 4.3.0, and large amounts of refactoring. The library is now fully typed, too, and thanks to that documentation has been massively improved!
Despite the major version bump, everything *should* be for the most part backward compatible. Existing code should not break, unless you're on Python 3.6 or below. I would still recommend being careful about upgrading without need. Expect a maintenance update once people actually start using this and find all the issues in the code that my tests didn't catch.
#mastodonpy development: I want to create proper models for everything mastodon can return, and so I've started to take my previous docs and formalized and amended them a bit. The results so far are a big json file which at least contains every field of every object Mastodon.py functions can currently return, though much remains to do.
If you want to help: Pick any object, find the corresponding Mastodon docs on https://docs.joinmastodon.org , fill all missing fields, cross-check nullable and optional as well as descriptions and maybe polish them a little, and do a PR.
https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py/blob/master/srcgen/return_values.json
@halcy did you get to introduce new people to the Fediverse and #mastodonPy?
Hey, if you work with Mastodon.py, I have a question. The new masto filter system works, as far as I know, as such: if a status should be filtered, it sets a filtered attribute but still returns it from the API. How would you expect a call that retrieves statuses, like timeline_user(), to act *by default*? #python #mastodonpy #mastodev #mastodonapi 
day 8 - this one turned out neat, I think.
Trunkshow is an app that will let you view hashtags on an instance, or the posts of a user, that have pictures attached, in fullscreen view!
day 7 - this was always going to happen:
likes are now florps
timeline goes sideways
(also, this is a client that uses htmx for reload-free updates and infinite scrolling)
Hers's day 6: It's Mastomash. Or is it Tootyville USA? MastoTootastic? Tooty McTootface? What it is is a simple Mastodon client with all UI text and icons randomized.
https://mastolab.kal-tsit.halcy.de/day06/
Previous-day experiments: https://mastolab.kal-tsit.halcy.de/
Had to skip a few on account of being sick but here we go:
day 5: Toot-it-Forward! A mastodon client that lets you send a post to the next persons account.
day 4: Alphant, an alphabet-based mastodon client! It will show you the latest post from each user you follow, sorted alphabetically, ascending or descending switching every hour! You can even post yourself, and reply!
day 3! Now we're entering the "actual app" zone! Behold, clippy: https://mastolab.kal-tsit.halcy.de/day03/
It will find other logged in users that are similar to you based on CLIP embeddings of what you post, and then show you those people! Or even autofollow them, if you want!
Please give it a try, because I have no way of finding out if it works at all if no one else uses it!
Also, if many people do, my server may implode, but them's the breaks
(it will not touch the accounts of or look at anyone who isn't logged in to that app, that would be weird)
A late day 2! Yes, it‘s just „the same as day 1 but nice“! I was busy already okay! http://mastolab.kal-tsit.halcy.de/day02/
A rushed day 1 entry: A Mastodon latency observer! Stole that idea directly from @mcc ! Sends ping posts between servers every few minutes and checks how long they take to arrive!
http://51.15.5.112:5000/
could be improved A LOT (history and show / plot values, take median instead of just last measured, stuff like that) but I need to sleep so maybe one day will be making this but V2!
Alright, just tagged and uploaded Mastodon.py 1.8.0!
This release brings the support level up to version 3.5.5, which is the final one before Mastodon 4.0.0. Also, as usual, fixes bugs, and this time, importantly, makes the docs a lot more structured!
Docs: https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io/en/1.8.0/
Github: https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py/releases/tag/1.8.0
Okay, I need to sleep, so no release today, but I finished most of the docs refurbishing: https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
Look at how much nicer than before this is! #python #mastodonpy
3.5.0 support isn't done, but here's #mastodonpy 1.7.0, with, most importantly:
* A lot of compatiblity fixes for *oma, mastodon forks
* 
Post editing support!
Changelog: https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py/releases/tag/1.7.0
