scrape.py

@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@ db = MySQLdb.connect(
 	host = cfg['db_host'],
 	user=cfg['db_user'],
 	passwd=cfg['db_pass'],
-	db=cfg['db_name'],
-	use_unicode=True,
-	charset="utf8mb4"
+	db=cfg['db_name']
 )
 
 cursor = db.cursor()

service.py

@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ db = MySQLdb.connect(
 	host = cfg['db_host'],
 	user=cfg['db_user'],
 	passwd=cfg['db_pass'],
-	db=cfg['db_name'],
-	use_unicode=True,
-	charset="utf8mb4"
+	db=cfg['db_name']
 )
 
 print("Cleaning up database")

webui.py

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ def bot_create():
 				return redirect(url_for("home"), 303)
 
 	else:
-		if 'step' in session and session['step'] == 4:
+		if session['step'] == 4:
 			try:
 				# test authentication
 				client = Mastodon(client_id=session['client_id'], client_secret=session['client_secret'], api_base_url=session['instance'])