DonJS wiki

DonJS is a javascript library to create Mastodon bots

How to start

1. to start using DonJS you need to create a new folder for your bot
2. then you need to run terminal or CMD in that directory
3. then run npm init -y command.
4. after that you need to install the library by running npm install donjs

Examples

One of the basic examples on how to use this library is

const donjs = require("donjs");
const client = new donjs("your bot token", "your mastodon instance base url");

client.sendStatus("hello world");

This example is to show, how to send hello world status using donjs. you can get the token from Settings -> Development -> create a new application then choose whatever name you want then press Submit -> copy the applications access token.

another example that explains how you can listen for the public statuses that people create or delete

const donjs = require("donjs");
const client = new donjs("your bot token", "your mastodon instance base url");

client.listenForStatuses();
client.on("onStatus", status => {
	console.log("status created!");
});

client.on("onStatusDelete", id => {
	console.log("status deleted!");
});

you can also listen for notifications.

const donjs = require("donjs");
const client = new donjs("your bot token", "your mastodon instance base url");

client.listenForNotifications();
client.on("onNotification", notification => {
        console.log("there is a new notification!");
});