add set of pages to watch

wiki_compare/post_outdated_page.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 from datetime import datetime
 import requests
+import re
 
 # Configure logging
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -35,10 +36,52 @@ logging.basicConfig(
 )
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# Function to read variables from .env file
+def read_env_file(env_file_path=".env"):
+    """
+    Read environment variables from a .env file
+    
+    Args:
+        env_file_path (str): Path to the .env file
+        
+    Returns:
+        dict: Dictionary of environment variables
+    """
+    env_vars = {}
+    
+    try:
+        with open(env_file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            for line in f:
+                line = line.strip()
+                # Skip comments and empty lines
+                if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+                    continue
+                    
+                # Match variable assignments (KEY=VALUE)
+                match = re.match(r'^([A-Za-z0-9_]+)=(.*)$', line)
+                if match:
+                    key, value = match.groups()
+                    # Remove quotes if present
+                    value = value.strip('\'"')
+                    env_vars[key] = value
+                    
+        logger.info(f"Successfully loaded environment variables from {env_file_path}")
+        return env_vars
+    except IOError as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error reading .env file {env_file_path}: {e}")
+        return {}
+
 # Constants
 OUTDATED_PAGES_FILE = "outdated_pages.json"
-MASTODON_API_URL = "https://mastodon.instance/api/v1/statuses"  # Replace with actual instance
-MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN = os.environ.get("MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN")
+MASTODON_API_URL = "https://mastodon.cipherbliss.com/api/v1/statuses"  # Replace with actual instance
+
+# Read MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN from .env file
+env_vars = read_env_file(".env")
+if not env_vars and os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".env")):
+    # Try with absolute path if relative path fails
+    env_vars = read_env_file(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".env"))
+    
+MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN = env_vars.get("MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN") or os.environ.get("MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN")
 
 def load_outdated_pages():
     """
@@ -126,7 +169,7 @@ def post_to_mastodon(post_text, dry_run=False):
         return True
     
     if not MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN:
-        logger.error("MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable not set")
+        logger.error("MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN not found in .env file or environment variables")
         return False
     
     headers = {