Rangers Lotto Results Scraper

Scrape the latest results from the Rangers Lotto site following the draw of the lottery numbers and post them to Twitter and Telegram.

Social

Setup

Virtual Environment

# Create a virtual environment named "rangers-lotto"
python3 -m venv /opt/virtualenv/rangers-lotto
# Activate the virtual environment
source /opt/virtualenv/rangers-lotto/bin/activate
# Install project dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Environment variables

# RangersLottoBot Twitter API keys
export TWITTER_API_KEY="your_twitter_api_key"
export TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY="your_twitter_api_secret_key"
export TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN="your_twitter_access_token"
export TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET="your_twitter_access_token_secret"

# RangersLottoBot Telegram Bot Key
export TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="your_telegram_bot_token"
# Your UserID in Telegram (use GetIDs Bot)
export TELEGRAM_USER_ID="187219972021"

Crontab

Add it to the crontab to run twice a week, for example. Pass in your numbers (e.g. 1 6 9 55) to check if you have hit the jackpot! 💰

# Post the Rangers Lotto results to Twitter and Telegram twice per week
09 09 * * 1,4 . $HOME/.zshrc; source /opt/virtualenv/rangers-lotto/bin/activate && /opt/virtualenv/rangers-lotto/bin/python3 /Users/crmpicco/rangers-lotto-scraper/rangers_lotto.py 1 6 9 55 > /var/log/rangers-lotto-scraper.log 2>&1