I made the mistake of thinking I might be able to post to 
with just a direct HTTP request.
@futzle yes it's the most convoluted thing I've seen in a while, and I just spent an hour trying to understand which type to return in a Rust function.
Masto simply requires a token in an Authorization header which seems reasonable.
@hugh are you creating a rundlebot or something
@alissa I'm working on this: https://github.com/hughrun/lette.rs/issues/5
@alissa that way I can post a link to my latest blog post and a custom message without even logging in to
@hugh ooh that's neat 📮
@hugh link doesn't work?
@alissa huh, interesting. It's my testing account but I guess I set it to default to followers only. Anyway I have already set up the auto-toot function.
@hugh Depending on what you are trying to do, it may be easier to use https://brid.gy
@hugh They’ve got some kind of OAuth thing, haven’t they?