it's not necessary to use access tokens

mastodon-get-posts.org

@@ -12,18 +12,12 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup # to more easily read the html output
 - I used [[https://jrashford.com/2023/02/13/how-to-scrape-mastodon-timelines-using-python-and-pandas/][this]] setup.
 - Only have to be refreshed (run) every now and then
 #+begin_src python
-# Get access token
-personal_access_token=subprocess.check_output(["pass", 'mastodon/access_token']).strip().decode('utf-8')
-
-#  Set up access
+# Get user id
 instance = "https://social.edu.nl"
-mastodon = Mastodon(api_base_url=instance, access_token=personal_access_token)
+username = "mishavelthuis"
+id = json.loads(requests.get("https://social.edu.nl/api/v1/accounts/lookup?acct=mishavelthuis").text)['id']
 
-#  Get user's info
-me = mastodon.me()
-my_id = me["id"]
-
-URL = f'{instance}/api/v1/accounts/{my_id}/statuses'
+URL = f'{instance}/api/v1/accounts/{id}/statuses'
 params = {
     'limit': 40
 }