Hooty

Hooty - Interactive Posting Tool

Hooty is an interactive GUI-like posting tool that allows you to quickly compose and send posts to multiple social media services simultaneously. It provides an immediate, user-friendly way to share content without going through the RSS feed queue system.

Overview

Hooty (hooty.sh) is a rewrite of the patootie tool that uses agaetr's service framework to interactively send posts to multiple services immediately. It's designed for:

• Quick manual posting of interesting links
• Testing service configurations
• Sharing content that doesn't come from RSS feeds
• Interactive social media management

Features

• Interactive Interface: User-friendly prompts for composing posts
• Multi-Service Posting: Send to multiple platforms simultaneously
• Service Selection: Choose which services to post to for each item
• Content Processing: Automatic URL deobfuscation and metadata extraction
• Image Handling: Automatic image detection and processing
• Content Warnings: Apply content warning rules interactively
• Real-time Preview: See how your post will appear before sending

Installation and Setup

Prerequisites

Hooty requires the same dependencies as the main agaetr system:

• Configured social media services in agaetr.ini
• Enabled service scripts in out_enabled/
• All agaetr dependencies installed

Making Hooty Executable

chmod +x hooty.sh

Service Configuration

Hooty uses the same service configurations as agaetr. Ensure your desired services are configured in agaetr.ini with proper API keys/credentials. As you are selecting at runtime, it uses the available out processors.

Basic Usage

Starting Hooty

./hooty.sh

This launches the interactive interface that will guide you through the posting process.

Interactive Workflow

1. URL Input: Enter the URL you want to share
2. Content Review: Hooty fetches and displays:
   • Page title
   • Description/summary
   • Available images
   • Detected hashtags
3. Content Editing: Modify the title, description, or other fields as needed
4. Service Selection: Choose which platforms to post to
5. Content Warning Review: Apply or modify content warnings
6. Post Confirmation: Review final post and confirm sending
7. Posting: Hooty sends to selected services and reports results

Command-Line Options

./hooty.sh [URL]

Optional Parameters:

• URL: Pre-populate with a specific URL to share

Advanced Features

Pre-configured Content

You can start hooty with a URL to skip the initial input:

./hooty.sh "https://example.com/article"

Integration with agaetr Framework

Shared Configuration

Hooty uses the same agaetr.ini configuration file, including:

• Service credentials and paths
• Content warning rules
• Image processing settings
• URL shortening configuration

Service Compatibility

All services that work with agaetr work with hooty:

• Social media platforms (Mastodon, Bluesky, Pixelfed, Tumblr)
• Bookmarking services (Shaarli, Wallabag)
• Communication services (Email, RSS)
• Archive services (Wayback Machine, local captures)

Variable Passing

Hooty uses the same variable interface as agaetr services:

• $title, $description, $link, $imgurl, $ALT_TEXT
• Content warning variables
• Service-specific configurations