markov

minimally modified fork of kopper's markov bot to post to iceshrimp.net. while still only taking in misskey exports. that's all i needed.

use

clone the repository somewhere:

git clone https://forged.synth.download/sneexy/markov.git
cd markov

ideally, create a venv first:

python -m venv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate # assuming we're still in the markov folder - you'll need to do this everytime you want to use the bot, make a script or something to make it easier

now install everything:

pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

import your misskey notes export:

python import-misskey.py name-of-your-notes-export.json # will take a bit depending on how large your export is
mv xxxxx.model.json model.json # exported file will be named something else, rename it to model.json to prevent it from erroring out when generating

add your iceshrimp.net user/bot account token:

echo "TOKEN='InsertVerySecureTokenHere'" > secrets__.py

...then edit generate.py and modify the requests.post section near the bottom to point the url to your instance.

ℹ️ alternatively, if you'd like to use this to post to misskey, replace it with this (replacing yourinstance.tld with your instance):

requests.post("https://yourinstance.tld/api/notes/create", json={
    'i': secrets__.TOKEN,

    'visibility': 'home',
    'noExtractMentions': True,
    'noExtractHashtags': True,

    'text': text,
    #'cw': 'markov chain generated post'
})

...or perhaps with mastodon (untested):

requests.post("https://yourinstance.tld/api/v1/statuses", json={
    "status": text,
    #"spoiler_text": "markov chain generated post",
    "visibility": "unlisted"
}, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {secrets__.TOKEN}"})

finally, make a markov generated post:

python generate.py

you can use a cronjob/crontab on your user to automate posting, for example, to post every two hours:

0 */2 * * * cd /home/ruben/markov && source /home/ruben/markov/venv/bin/activate && python /home/ruben/markov/generate.py

example script

here's a dumb and probably over engineered script i made to interact with the bot. you may edit this and use it to your own will and needs.

#!/bin/bash
# cding into the markov directory is required otherwise it fails to load the model
CURRENT_DIR=$(pwd)
cd /home/ruben/markov && \
  source /home/ruben/markov/venv/bin/activate && \
  python /home/ruben/markov/generate.py && \
  cd $CURRENT_DIR