first verified working version! c:

main.py

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 import requests
 import mastodon
-import json
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import json, re
 
 cfg = json.load(open('config.json', 'r'))
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class ReplyListener(mastodon.StreamListener):
 			acct = "@" + notification['account']['acct']
 			post_id = notification['status']['id']
 			mention = extract_toot(notification['status']['content'])
+			q = mention
 			print(acct + " says " + mention)
 
 			kind = 'general' #todo: support for images