Added conditional to prevent exceeding of 500 characters limit of API

2019-09-12 23:42:40 +02:00 · 2019-09-12 23:42:40 +02:00 · 036d6a3358
parent 068b03c578
commit 036d6a3358
1 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/mastobot.py
+++ b/mastobot.py
@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ for account in transitions:
        mastodon_text += "\n\nPosted " + parse(str(status.created_at)).strftime("%d. %B %Y - %H:%M on Twitter")
        mastodon_text += "\nOrigin: https://twitter.com/" + account['twitter_handle'] + "/status/" + tweet_origin

+		# Make sure that 500 char limit of Mastodon-API doesn't break the script                                                                               
+        if len(mastodon_text) > 500:
+        	mastodon_text = mastodon_text[:489]
+        
+        
        # Output text to stdout respect. post it to Mastodon.
        print(mastodon_text)