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 A simple Mastodon bot written in python that posts updates from an RSS feed to a Mastodon account.
 This project is meant to be built to a docker container, so all of the options need to be set as environment variables:
 
-MASTODON_CLIENT_ID = <Mastodon  client  ID>
+MASTODON_CLIENT_ID = Mastodon  client  ID
 
-MASTODON_CLIENT_SECRET = <Mastodon  client  secret>
+MASTODON_CLIENT_SECRET = Mastodon  client  secret
 
-MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN = <Mastodon  access  token>
+MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN = Mastodon  access  token
 
-MASTODON_INSTANCE_URL = <Mastodon  instance  URL>
+MASTODON_INSTANCE_URL = Mastodon  instance  URL
 
-RSS_FEED_URL = <URL  of  RSS/xml  feed>
+RSS_FEED_URL = URL  of  RSS/xml  feed
 
 The best way to use this project is by using [its docker container](https://hub.docker.com/r/amitserper/masto-rss)