commit 64ebd4094b12ed1ec2cd8a610c3d25c782d75dd2
Author: Pedro Sá Couto <PSC@145.137.early-registration.of.surfnet.invalid>
Date:   Thu Mar 21 12:15:53 2019 +0100

    not giving answers

diff --git a/dms.py b/dms.py
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+from mastodon import Mastodon
+from pprint import pprint
+import os
+import time
+import datetime
+from pprint import pprint
+
+today = datetime.date.today()
+text_file = open("dms_results.txt", "a+")
+text_file.write("Data collected on : "+str(today)+"\n"+"\n")
+
+instances = ["https://todon.nl/", "https://quey.org/"]
+
+#toots token order is also the same
+#FOR EXAMPLE
+#toot_id[0] goes with instances[0] and now goes with line nr1 from txt file
+with open('token.txt', 'r') as token:
+    for n, token_line in enumerate(token.readlines()):
+        base_url = instances[n]
+        print(token_line, base_url)
+        # token_line is one of the token.txt
+        # You are reading in token.readlines() and there is no need to read again
+        # you can use var token_line
+        mastodon = Mastodon(access_token=token_line.replace('\n', ''),
+                            api_base_url=(str(base_url)))
+
+        '''
+        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'])
+                # print(status['id'])
+                # print(status['created_at'])
+                #
+                # text_file.write("Avatar:" + "\n" + str(bot) + "\n" + "\n")
+                # text_file.write("Content:" + "\n" + str(content) + "\n" + "\n" + "\n")
+
+                #text_file.write("Impossible to print image"+"\n"+"\n")