Added unicode compatibility, better stdout info

gen.py

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import json
 import time
 from mastodon import Mastodon
 
-api_base_url = "https://botsin.space"
+api_base_url = "https://botsin.space" #todo: this shouldn't be hardcoded
 
 client = Mastodon(
         client_id="clientcred.secret", 
         access_token="usercred.secret", 
         api_base_url=api_base_url)
 
-with open("corpus.txt") as fp:
+with open("corpus.txt", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
   model = markovify.NewlineText(fp.read())
 
 print("tooting")
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ sentence = None
 # you will make that damn sentence
 while sentence is None:
 	sentence = model.make_sentence(tries=100000)
-client.toot(sentence.replace("\0", "\n"))
+toot = sentence.replace("\0", "\n")
+client.toot(toot)
+print("Created toot: {}".format(toot))

main.py

@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ client = Mastodon(
 me = client.account_verify_credentials()
 following = client.account_following(me.id)
 
-with open("corpus.txt", "w+") as fp:
+with open("corpus.txt", "w+", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
 	for f in following:
-        print(f.username)
+		print("Downloading toots for user @{}".format(f.username))
 		for t in get_toots(client, f.id):
 			fp.write(t + "\n")