first working version (i hope)

main.py

@@ -9,24 +9,59 @@ import requests
 from mastodon import Mastodon
 import json
 
+cfg = json.load(open('config.json', 'r'))
+
 client = Mastodon(
 	client_id=cfg['client']['id'],
 	client_secret = cfg['client']['secret'], 
 	access_token=cfg['secret'], 
 	api_base_url=cfg['site'])
 
+def extract_toot(toot):
+	#copied from main.py, see there for comments
+	soup = BeautifulSoup(toot, "html.parser")
+	for lb in soup.select("br"):
+		lb.insert_after("\n")
+		lb.decompose()
+	for p in soup.select("p"):
+		p.insert_after("\n")
+		p.unwrap()
+	for ht in soup.select("a.hashtag"):
+		ht.unwrap()
+	for link in soup.select("a"):
+		link.insert_after(link["href"])
+		link.decompose()
+	text = map(lambda a: a.strip(), soup.get_text().strip().split("\n"))
+	text = "\n".join(list(text))
+	text = re.sub("https?://([^/]+)/(@[^ ]+)", r"\2@\1", text) #put mentions back in
+	text = re.sub("^@[^@]+@[^ ]+ *", r"", text) #...but remove the initial one
+	text = text.lower() #for easier matching
+	return text
 
-kind = 'general'
+class ReplyListener(mastodon.StreamListener):
-if kind == 'images':
+	def on_notification(self, notification):
+		if notification['type'] == 'mention':
+			acct = "@" + notification['account']['acct']
+			post_id = notification['status']['id']
+			mention = extract_toot(notification['status']['content'])
+			print(acct + " says " + mention)
+
+			kind = 'general' #todo: support for images
+			if kind == 'images':
 				r = requests.get("https://searx.lynnesbian.space/?category_images=1&q={}&format=json".format(q))
-else:
+			else:
 				r = requests.get("https://searx.lynnesbian.space/?q={}&format=json".format(q))
-j = r.json()
+			j = r.json()
 
-if kind == 'images':
+			if kind == 'images':
-	text = "Here's what I found by searching for images with the query \"{}\".".format(q)
+				toot = "Here's what I found by searching for images with the query \"{}\".".format(q)
-else:
+			else:
 				result = j['results'][0]
-	text = result['title'] + "\n" + result['url'] + "\n" + result['content'] + "\n" + "(Score: {})".format(result['score'])
+				toot = result['title'] + "\n" + result['url'] + "\n" + result['content'] + "\n" + "(Score: {})\nMore results: {}{}".format(result['score'], "https://searx.lynnesbian.space/?q=", q)
 
-print(text)
+			toot = acct + " " + toot
+			visibility = notification['status']['visibility']
+			if visibility == "public":
+				visibility = "unlisted"
+			client.status_post(toot, post_id, visibility=visibility)
+			print("replied with " + toot)