from mastodon import Mastodon
from pprint import pprint

with open('token.txt', 'r') as token:
    mastodon = Mastodon(access_token=token.read(),
                        api_base_url="https://post.lurk.org/")
'''
mastodon direct messages, are the same as toots: *status updates*
With the difference that their visibility rathern than
being public / unlisted / private, are direct status updates
'''

my_credentials = mastodon.account_verify_credentials()
my_id = my_credentials['id']
my_statuses = mastodon.account_statuses(id=my_id)

for status in my_statuses:
    if status['visibility'] == 'direct':  # filter only direct msgs
        # pprint(status)
        pprint(status['mentions'])
        print(status['content'], status['id'], status['created_at'], '\n')