averykhoo / hawker-bot

Hawker Centre Bot

A bot to find hawker centres and figure out when they are closed

Usage: @hawker_centre_bot on Telegram

• /start
• Most useful features can be used from the commands menu
  • Several commands also work even without the / prefix, if you prefer to type
• Send a location or road name as plaintext to find nearby hawker centers
• Send a postal code to find nearby hawker centers
• Share your location to find nearby hawker centers
  • Not recommended to share continuously, you'll be spammed with hawker centers whenever you move

To set up a copy of this bot

• git pull
• pip install -r requirements.txt
  • Optionally pip install geographiclib-cython-bindings
• Create secrets.json with appropriate entries (see secrets.example.json)
• Update command list via @BotFather /setcommands with contents of setcommands.txt
• Also update /setdescription with contents of setdescription.txt
• Allow inline mode via @BotFather /setinline