usage.txt

{Usage}
        {node ./TwitToMast.js} [{-htqrspmbc}] [{-u} ~username~] [{-n} ~tweetcount~] [{-d} ~debuglevel~] [{-w} ~timeout~]
        {node ./multi.js} [{-htqrspmbc}] [{-n} ~tweetcount~] [{-d} ~debuglevel~] [{-w} ~timeout~]
 
{Arguments}
        {-h:}                - show help screen (you made it here!)
        {-u:} ~username~
                           - the twitter handle of the user whose account will be scraped
                             <- defaults to 'Twitter' (@twitter)>
        {-n:} ~tweetcount~
                           - the number of enabled tweets that will be scraped from the targeted account
                             <- defaults to 5>
        {-t:}                - tweets that are part of threads will be included in the scan
        {-q:}                - quote tweets will be included in the scan
        {-r:}                - Link to quoted tweet will appear in the header, preceded by "re: "
                                - default behavior posts link at bottom of Mastodon post preceded by "Quoting "
        {-s:}                - Enable content warning/spoiler prefixes
                                - tweets beginning with a certain string (defined in config.txt) will use following text on the same line as Mastodon content warning
        {-p:}                - enable/disable posting to Mastodon
        {-m:}                - include user's name, handle, and link to tweet
        {-b:}                - display browser (disable headless mode)
        {-c:}                - force URL to be logged to file if posts are disabled
        {-d:} ~debuglevel~
                           - amount of information to print to console
                             <0: only errors>
                             <1: current task + tweet Text (default)>
                             <2: pretty much everything>
        {-w:} ~timeout~
                           - length of time (in ms) to wait for page elements to load
                             <- defaults to 30000 (30 seconds)>
 
{config.txt}
        {Line 1: API_KEY}
                           - Your Access Token obtained from Mastodon > Preferences > Development > Application
        {Line 2: API_URL}
                           - https://~your mastodon server url~/api/v1/
        {Line 3: CONTENT_WARNING_PREFIX}
                           - if enabled, tweets beginning with this string will use following text on the same line as Mastodon content warning
                           - Commonly used content warning prefixes on twitter are "CW//", "TW//", and "SPOILER//"
                           - Starting a tweet with "SPOILER// Endgame Spoilers" with hide the contents of the crossposted toot behind a warning reading "Endgame Spoilers"
 
{Examples}
        {Scrape 10 most recent tweets, quote tweets, and thread tweets from @twitter account, and post to Mastodon}
                           $node ./TwitToMast.js -qtp -u twitter -n 10
        {Scrape 10 most recent tweets, quote tweets, and thread tweets from accounts listed in usernameslist.txt, and post to Mastodon}
                           $node ./multi.js -qtp -n 10