From c2bdbd182e3874ba2817e61124d6d92465e068a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Douglas Land <dsl@looprock.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 14:21:04 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] honor #nobot tag and exclude users with this (and variations)
 in their Bio

---
 fedifeeder.go | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fedifeeder.go b/fedifeeder.go
index 0725fa4..0c71b28 100644
--- a/fedifeeder.go
+++ b/fedifeeder.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -252,6 +253,18 @@ func userToID(c *mastodon.Client, user string) (mastodon.ID, error) {
 		return "NaN", errors.New(errMsg)
 	} else {
 		accountId := mID.Accounts[0].ID
+		// exclude people who have #nobot in their bio
+		noBot := mID.Accounts[0].Note
+		logger.Debug().Msg(noBot)
+		matched, err := regexp.Match("(?i)tags/nobot", []byte(noBot))
+		if err != nil {
+			return "NaN", err
+		}
+		if matched {
+			errMsg := "#nobot set for user " + user
+			logger.Warn().Msg(errMsg)
+			return "NaN", errors.New(errMsg)
+		}
 		logMsg := fmt.Sprintf("ADDING user: %s, id: %s\n", user, accountId)
 		logger.Info().Msg(logMsg)
 		return accountId, nil