BillieEilish

I made an issue discussion over on Mastodon's GitHub, but no response. I just have to assume its a large project, and mine got lost in GitHub's moderation pool or something.

Anyways, idk what I just said in that last part of that sentence, but I'm having a bit of trouble trying to scope my API Application for my MSTDN Bot.

What's Happening?

I've set up my Mastodon bot, but I'm having trouble with the API application settings. When I try to grant my application the write_posts scope through Mastodon Application, I click save, and it appears to save successfully. However, when I check my app, I receive an error message: Error: ('Mastodon API returned error', 403, 'Forbidden', 'This action is outside the authorized scopes').

Upon reviewing the Mastodon web interface again, I notice that the write_posts scope is no longer checked, as if I had just unchecked it. The interface still claims that the changes were saved, but it seems that the update wasn't actually persisted.

Any Help is Great!

I'm currently making a Mastodon Bot, and I'm not entirely sure how to host it, like where do i ensure the API Access Token's and such aren't at risk of public view.

I've made sure, and I haven't pushed yet, but I've ensured that .env is inside .gitignore. I'm just unsure, and would love some help. This is just a little project I found on GitHub, and thought I'd might as well learn a few things of how things like this are developed.