MatyasKriz / situace

Script that scrapes MZČR numbers on the coronasituace and posts it to Slack workspace.

Situace

This is a simple Python script that fetches MZČR JSON info about the coronasituace in Czechia and posts it to a Slack workspace.

Usage

• Clone the repo somewhere and cd into it.
• Create a virtual environment using venv.

python3 -m venv env

• Install dependencies.

env/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

Regular Updates

I've found that the easiest way to run this script regularly is through crontab.

IMPORTANT: On MacOS your terminal application needs to have "Full Disk Access" permission (in Security and Privacy) to write data into previous.json so that the next run can calculate differences.

To edit your crontab, simply run

crontab -e

This should open the crontab file with some editor, paste this at the end of it:

SLACK_URL=https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
0 18 * * * cd PATH_TO_REPO && env/bin/python main.py

• Replace PATH_TO_REPO with the path to the cloned repository.
• Replace the SLACK_URL value with a Slack webhook for your workspace (tutorial here).
• Consult crontab.guru for customizing times of execution, this combination fires every day at 6 PM (18:00).

Errbot plugin

If you're using a bot instead or feel like setting it up, there's a modified version of this script as an Errbot plugin.

License

MIT, more in the LICENSE file.