# gpt2-fedibooks

... is (or will be) a gpt2-based bot based on someone's mastodon posts. WIP.


getting started
---

(these steps assume you have python installed. this has only been tested with python 3.10, but it should work with >=3.8)

grab an archive of your fedi data. in the mastodon web interface this is under
settings / import and export / data export.
unzip the file, locate outbox.json

create a virtual environment, activate it, and install requirements
```sh
python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

(optionally) edit the config.py file in the root of this repo

run the init command:
```sh
python src/fedibooks.py init /path/to/outbox.json
```

this will take a while, depends on your settings;
assuming default settings it should take an hour or two on modern cpus

then you can generate:
```sh
python src/fedibooks.py generate
```

this will print a generated text snippet to stdout, which you can then pipe into a piece of software that posts it to fedi, or you could contribute to this project and implement posting directly

enjoy and have fun :D