Mastofeed
Embed a mastodon feed in your blog et cetera.
User guide
The homepage has a tool for generating iframe code for you, with a sensible sandbox
attribute. The feeds fit comfortably in a 400px wide area.
API
V2
/apiv2/feed
GET example:
/api/feed?userurl=https%3A%2F%2Foctodon.social%2Fusers%2Ffenwick67&scale=90&theme=light
Returns a html page which displays a mastodon feed for a user URL. Note that URLs must be URI encoded (i.e. encodeURIComponent('https://octodon.social/users/fenwick67')
).
Querystring options:
option | required | description |
---|---|---|
userurl |
yes | Mastodon/ActivityPub account URL (usually https://${instance}/users/${username} ) |
feedurl |
no | a URL to a page of an ActivityPub post collection. Only used for pages beyond the first. |
theme |
no | either dark , light or auto , to select the UI theme (default is dark ). auto will appear light unless the user sets up dark mode on their device. |
boosts |
no | whether to show boosts or not |
replies |
no | whether to show replies or not |
size |
no | the scale of the UI in percent. |
V1 (deprecated, will now just redirect you to the v2 API)
/api/feed
GET example:
/api/feed?url=https%3A%2F%2Foctodon.social%2Fusers%2Ffenwick67.atom&scale=90&theme=light
Returns a html page which displays a mastodon feed for an atom feed URL. Note that URLs must be URI encoded (i.e. encodeURIComponent('https://octodon.social/users/fenwick67.atom')
).
Querystring options:
option | required | description |
---|---|---|
url |
yes | Mastodon Atom feed URL |
theme |
no | either dark, light or auto, to select the UI theme (default is dark). auto will appear light unless the user sets up dark mode on their device. |
size |
no | the scale of the UI in percent. |
Server Installation
This is a straightforward node project with zero databases or anything, you should just be able to run npm install
and then npm start
to get up and running. Set your PORT
environment variable to change the port it listens on.
Improve me
Feel free to add a chaching layer, improve the styles and add more features.