elefren-fork/README.md

# Elefren

## A Wrapper for the Mastodon API.

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[Documentation](https://docs.rs/elefren/)

A wrapper around the [API](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/docs/Using-the-API/API.md#tag) for [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/)

## Installation

To add `elefren` to your project, add the following to the
`[dependencies]` section of your `Cargo.toml`

```toml
elefren = "0.16"
```

## Usage

To use this crate in your project, add this to your crate root (lib.rs, main.rs, etc):

```rust,ignore
extern crate elefren;
```

## Example

```rust,no_run
extern crate elefren;

use std::error::Error;

use elefren::prelude::*;
use elefren::helpers::toml; // requires `features = ["toml"]`
use elefren::helpers::cli;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
    let mastodon = if let Ok(data) = toml::from_file("mastodon-data.toml") {
        Mastodon::from(data)
    } else {
        register()?
    };

    let you = mastodon.verify_credentials()?;

    println!("{:#?}", you);

    Ok(())
}

fn register() -> Result<Mastodon, Box<Error>> {
    let registration = Registration::new("https://mastodon.social")
                                    .client_name("elefren-examples")
                                    .build()?;
    let mastodon = cli::authenticate(registration)?;

    // Save app data for using on the next run.
    toml::to_file(&*mastodon, "mastodon-data.toml")?;

    Ok(mastodon)
}