mastodonpp  0.5.7
C++ wrapper for the Mastodon and Pleroma APIs.
example06_update_name.cpp
/* This file is part of mastodonpp.
* Copyright © 2020 tastytea <tastytea@tastytea.de>
*
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*/
// Update account display name settings (/api/v1/accounts/update_credentials).
#if __has_include("mastodonpp.hpp")
# include "mastodonpp.hpp" // We're building mastodonpp.
#else
# include <mastodonpp/mastodonpp.hpp> // We're building outside mastodonpp.
#endif
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <string_view>
#include <vector>
namespace masto = mastodonpp;
using std::cerr;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::string_view;
using std::to_string;
using std::vector;
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
const vector<string_view> args(argv, argv + argc);
if (args.size() <= 3)
{
cerr << "Usage: " << args[0]
<< " <instance hostname> <access token> <name>\n";
return 1;
}
const auto name{args[3]};
try
{
// Initialize an Instance and a Connection.
masto::Instance instance{args[1], args[2]};
masto::Connection connection{instance};
// Update the settings.
const auto answer{
connection.patch(masto::API::v1::accounts_update_credentials,
{{"display_name", name}})};
if (answer)
{
cout << "Successfully changed display name.\n";
}
else
{
if (answer.curl_error_code == 0)
{
// If it is no libcurl error, it must be an HTTP error.
cerr << "HTTP status: " << answer.http_status << endl;
}
else
{
// Network errors like “Couldn't resolve host.”.
cerr << "libcurl error " << to_string(answer.curl_error_code)
<< ": " << answer.error_message << endl;
}
}
}
catch (const masto::CURLException &e)
{
// Only libcurl errors that are not network errors will be thrown.
// There went probably something wrong with the initialization.
cerr << e.what() << endl;
}
return 0;
}
C++ wrapper for the Mastodon API.
Definition: api.hpp:25