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-.env
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+.env
+data/
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+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+
+=begin
+This file is part of Bot of Prey.
+
+Bot of Prey is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+Bot of Prey is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Foobar. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Author: Hexaitos (me@hexaitos.com, me@bateleur.org)
+=end
+
+require 'dotenv/load'
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'open-uri'
+require 'time'
+require 'net/http'
+require 'json'
+require 'uri'
+require 'faraday'
+require 'faraday/multipart'
+require 'down'
+require 'marcel'
+require 'sanitize'
+
+auth_token = ENV['API_KEY']
+instance_url = ENV['INSTANCE_URL']
+bird_api_url = ENV['BIRD_API_URL']
+save_locally = ENV['SAVE_LOCALLY']
+path_to_data = ENV['PATH_TO_DATA']
+
+current_time = Time.now
+year = current_time.year
+month = current_time.month.to_s.rjust(2, '0') 
+day = current_time.day.to_s.rjust(2, '0') 
+time = current_time.strftime("%H%M") 
+
+conn = Faraday.new(url: bird_api_url) do |faraday|
+  faraday.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
+end
+
+response = conn.get
+
+data = JSON.parse(response.body)
+puts "Data received from bird API: #{data}"
+user, url, thumb, license, desc, license_url, user_url = data.values_at('user', 'url', 'thumb', 'license', 'desc', 'license_url', 'user_url')
+
+uri = URI.parse(url)
+filename = File.basename(uri.path)
+folder_path = "#{path_to_data}/json/#{year}/#{month}/#{day}/#{time}"
+
+FileUtils.mkpath(folder_path)
+puts "Folder created at: #{folder_path}"
+
+File.open("#{folder_path}/#{filename}.json", 'w') do |file|
+  file.write(data.to_json)
+end
+
+desc_sanitised = Sanitize.clean(desc)
+
+status = "#{desc}\n\n**Attribution and license**: #{user} (#{license})\n**Source**: #{url}"
+puts "Status for post: #{status}"
+
+folder_path = "#{path_to_data}/imgs/#{year}/#{month}/#{day}/#{time}"
+FileUtils.mkpath(folder_path)
+puts "Folder created at: #{folder_path}"
+
+image = "#{folder_path}/#{filename}"
+
+URI.open(url) do |picture|
+  File.open(image, 'wb') do |file|
+    file.write(picture.read)
+  end
+end
+
+image_mime = Marcel::MimeType.for Pathname.new(image)
+
+conn = Faraday.new(
+  url: "#{instance_url}",
+  headers: {'Content-Type' => 'multipart/form-data'}
+) do |faraday|
+  faraday.request :multipart
+  faraday.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
+end
+
+file = Faraday::Multipart::FilePart.new(
+  image, image_mime
+)
+
+response = conn.post('/api/v2/media') do |req|
+  req.headers['Authorization'] = "Bearer #{auth_token}"
+  req.body = { 
+              file: file, 
+              description: "A photo of a bird of prey taken from Wikimedia Commons. The photo was described as follows by the original uploader or creator: #{desc_sanitised}" 
+            }
+end
+
+puts "Response received after media upload: #{response.status}"
+parsed_response = JSON.parse(response.body)
+media_id = parsed_response["id"]
+
+conn = Faraday.new(
+  url: "#{instance_url}",
+  headers: {'Content-Type' => 'multipart/form-data'}
+) do |faraday|
+  faraday.request :multipart
+  faraday.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
+end
+
+response = conn.post('/api/v1/statuses') do |req|
+  req.headers['Authorization'] = "Bearer #{auth_token}"
+  req.body = { 
+              'status' => status,
+              'visibility' => 'public', 
+              'media_ids[]' => media_id 
+            }
+end
+
+puts "Reponse received from server after posting status: #{JSON.parse(response.body)}"
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