# Migration from twitter to Mastodon
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 February 2023 18:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959 "2023-02-09T18:46:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Folgore](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Folgore)
#### Post date: [9 February 2023 18:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/1 "2023-02-09T18:46:35Z")
Hi, sorry for opening a new topic but the other discussions are closed. I installed (after other discussion mastodon nodes [Node-red-contrib-mastodon](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-mastodon/70103)) Node-red-contrib-mastodon to receive and send a toot . I'm having trouble getting a message from @nodes@social.nodered.org. Which hashtag should I use in node configuration?
Thanks a lot
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### Author:  [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)
#### Post date: [9 February 2023 20:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/2 "2023-02-09T20:00:51Z")
Hi
I just setup another bot two days ago so I should be able to help you 🙂
The node itself is simple to setup
You just need to enter your applications access token and enter your API url
Once you've done that, you simply set msg.payload.text to whatever you want the bot to toot out and you should be off to the races
What problem are you having exactly?
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### Author:  [@Folgore](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Folgore)
#### Post date: [10 February 2023 07:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/3 "2023-02-10T07:21:28Z")
Hi @cymplecy,thanks for the reply, I have put the accesss token and i have tested the functionality with a sendMessage node .
What should I enter in the hashtag field?
I haven't idea.
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### Author:  [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)
#### Post date: [10 February 2023 07:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/4 "2023-02-10T07:33:27Z")
Sorry - I've just realised your trying to receive not send - not done that myself (did it with Snap! but not NR) but I'll have a play
1st thing that occurs to me is make sure your bot is following @nodes@social.nodered.org as probably no other bot on botsin.space will be following anything from [social.nodred.org](http://social.nodred.org) so no #tags will be picked up by the botsin.space instance
But I've noticed that @nodes@social.nodered.org isn't posting using #NodeRED so I think we'll need that adding onto its posts
I'll try and see if my bot can pick up #tag stuff from another account
[edit 2] When I first started playing with mastodon, I was making direct API calls and when checking out API documention - I think the v1 method had been removed and since this mastodon node is quite old things may have moved on.
Anyway I got this to return some results
based on info
> **[search API methods - Mastodon documentation](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/search/#v2)**
>
> Search for content in accounts, statuses and hashtags.
[edit 3] Having found the id of @nodes@social.nodered.org - this API call seems to return the last two status updates
I'm stopping for the moment to see if any of this is of use to you 🙂
[edit 4]But I've carried on 🙂 Maybe the rss feed is the way to go ?
It returns last 20 status updates
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### Author:  [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)
#### Post date: [10 February 2023 11:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/5 "2023-02-10T11:29:11Z")
Ignoring all my rambling above - this flow will get the last 20 status from
`@nodes@social.nodered.org`
🙂
```auto
[{"id":"f8763c2e1614896a","type":"function","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"function 1","func":"var oldPayload, newPayload, i2;\n\n\noldPayload = (msg['payload']);\nnewPayload = [];\nfor (i2 = 1; i2 <= 20; i2++) {\n newPayload.push(((oldPayload[(i2 - 1)])['description'])[0]);\n}\nmsg['payload'] = newPayload;\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":730,"y":700,"wires":[["dda1f3b644540cbc"]]},{"id":"01f38c57d51105fe","type":"inject","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":150,"y":700,"wires":[["df5600641d01ef91"]]},{"id":"dda1f3b644540cbc","type":"debug","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"debug 44","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":870,"y":700,"wires":[]},{"id":"df5600641d01ef91","type":"http request","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"rss","method":"GET","ret":"txt","paytoqs":"ignore","url":"https://social.nodered.org/@nodes.rss","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","insecureHTTPParser":false,"authType":"","senderr":false,"headers":[],"x":290,"y":700,"wires":[["689c06a9383b6398"]]},{"id":"689c06a9383b6398","type":"xml","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"","property":"payload","attr":"","chr":"","x":420,"y":700,"wires":[["49d83156e6778928"]]},{"id":"49d83156e6778928","type":"change","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"payload.rss.channel[0].item","tot":"msg"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":570,"y":700,"wires":[["f8763c2e1614896a"]]}]
```
And to search for #tags
```auto
[{"id":"ae5da2d05ddd9d45","type":"inject","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"NodeRED","payloadType":"str","x":120,"y":840,"wires":[["0bfd84a6b2e93ca6"]]},{"id":"a3d1ad7a1715db26","type":"http request","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"","method":"GET","ret":"obj","paytoqs":"ignore","url":"","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","insecureHTTPParser":false,"authType":"","senderr":false,"headers":[],"credentials":{},"x":480,"y":840,"wires":[["1983128f338848bb"]]},{"id":"0d00de4fbc88c282","type":"debug","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"debug 46","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":860,"y":840,"wires":[]},{"id":"0bfd84a6b2e93ca6","type":"template","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"","field":"url","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"https://botsin.space/api/v1/timelines/tag/{{payload}}","output":"str","x":270,"y":840,"wires":[["a3d1ad7a1715db26"]]},{"id":"1983128f338848bb","type":"function","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"function 2","func":"var oldPayload, newPayload, i2;\n\n\noldPayload = (msg['payload']);\nnewPayload = [];\nfor (i2 = 1; i2 <= 20; i2++) {\n newPayload.push(((oldPayload[(i2 - 1)])['content']));\n}\nmsg['payload'] = newPayload;\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":660,"y":840,"wires":[["0d00de4fbc88c282"]]}]
```
And for completeness sake to remove any need for node-red-contrib-mastodon, you can use this to post from your bot - just add in your own token (and change the injected msg.payload)
```auto
[{"id":"d32f54d3569d2c58","type":"inject","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"status=@cymplecy@fosstodon.org test from Node-RED! ","payloadType":"str","x":240,"y":1210,"wires":[["3abdfcbbe39e55dd"]]},{"id":"e3ac11c9ade30dc7","type":"debug","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"debug 50","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":630,"y":1210,"wires":[]},{"id":"3abdfcbbe39e55dd","type":"http request","z":"515cba3a2d3cfa9b","name":"","method":"POST","ret":"txt","paytoqs":"query","url":"https://botsin.space/api/v1/statuses","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","insecureHTTPParser":false,"authType":"bearer","senderr":false,"headers":[{"keyType":"other","keyValue":"Content-Type","valueType":"other","valueValue":"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}],"credentials":{},"x":430,"y":1210,"wires":[["e3ac11c9ade30dc7"]]}]
```
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### Author:  [@Folgore](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Folgore)
#### Post date: [10 February 2023 17:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/6 "2023-02-10T17:03:43Z")
Very good, thaks a lot @cymplecy. I have uset a first flow that you publish.
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### Author:  [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)
#### Post date: [10 February 2023 17:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/7 "2023-02-10T17:19:33Z")
It kept me busy today - I learnt quite a lot 🙂
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [10 February 2023 20:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/8 "2023-02-10T20:39:35Z")
> [@cymplecy](#):
>
> It kept me busy today
My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter kept me busy all day 🙂
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### Author:  [@Folgore](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Folgore)
#### Post date: [13 February 2023 09:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/9 "2023-02-13T09:45:34Z")
Sorry for the disturbe... However, it's working very well..for send a new nodes to telegram channel.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [27 February 2023 09:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/migration-from-twitter-to-mastodon/74959/10 "2023-02-27T09:46:33Z")
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