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Veezum

Obscure but simple way for checking the status of your Czech Visa application using selenium and telegram

Disclaimer

This bot/scraper was created for two purposes:

  • Automation of a repetitive mundane task

  • Education

I have decided to share the code for same reasons. Also fun.

Consequently, there is a limit in the constructor so that it raises a ValueError when it tries to schedule the bot at more than two times per day.

I suspect that even that number might be an overkill.

Usage

Unix / macOS:

python3 -m Veezum

Windows:

py -m Veezum

Installation

  • Step 1: Setting up the Telegram bot

    • Download and install Telegram Messenger on your smartphone

    • Message @BotFather, and make a new bot using:

      /newbot

    • Make note of the token for the HTTP API

    • You can read more about bots and Telegram API here

  • Step 2: Install Veezum

    • Download and then install the latest release using:

        pip install Veezum-<Version Number>.tar.gz

    • Build your own using python -m build

  • Step 3: Set up the Environment Variables

    • Veezum scraper gets all the attributes required passed through with the Environment Variables

      • veezum_ids - List of IDs provided by the Embassy, in format:

          ABCD123456879,ABCD123456789

      • veezum_times - List of times for the bot to execute at, in format:

          08:00,16:00

      • veezum_token - Telegram HTTP API Token

  • Step 4: Profit?

    • Start the bot and pray

Requirements

schedule
selenium
requests
webdriver_manager

optional:
pytest

Planned Changes

  • Improve Exception / Error Handling

  • Fix occasional socket issue

  • Fix unnecessary waits

  • Improve and simplify testing

    • Expand test cases

    • Refactor code for repetition