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+baseurl=https://yourinstance.com/api
+secret=bot secret from get_apps.py here
+api_key=apikey generated from the misskey ui
+searchquery=yaoi rating:general order:random
+bannedtags=["meme", "nazi", "military", "war","nsfw","sex","penis","pussy"]
+danbooru_user=username of the bots danbooru account
+danbooru_apikey=api key for danbooru
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