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Interact with Mastodon API

Overview

This node interacts with the Mastodon API to perform various operations related to Mastodon accounts. Specifically, the 'Remove Account from Followers' operation allows a user to remove a specified account from their followers list on a Mastodon instance. This is useful for managing followers and controlling who can see your posts. For example, if you want to stop a particular user from following you, you can use this operation to remove them from your followers.

Use Case Examples

  1. Removing a spam account from your followers on a Mastodon instance.
  2. Managing your followers by removing inactive or unwanted accounts.

Properties

Name Meaning
Mastodon URL The URL of the Mastodon instance to connect to, e.g., https://mastodon.social.
Account ID The ID of the account to be removed from your followers list.

Output

JSON

  • json - The JSON response from the Mastodon API after attempting to remove the account from followers, typically indicating success or failure of the operation.

Dependencies

  • Requires an OAuth2 API credential for Mastodon to authenticate requests.

Troubleshooting

  • If the operation is not implemented error occurs, ensure the correct resource and operation names are used.
  • Authentication errors may occur if the OAuth2 credentials are invalid or expired; re-authenticate to resolve.
  • If the account ID is invalid or does not exist, the API will return an error; verify the account ID before retrying.

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