chen-ye / bing-rewards

An automated solution for earning daily Microsoft Rewards points using Python and Selenium

An automated solution using Python and Selenium for earning daily Microsoft Rewards points in all categories including web, mobile, and offers.

Please note:

• only USA website guaranteed to be supported
• multiple accounts NOT supported

Getting Started

1. Download Chrome or Edge
2. Install Python3
3. Install requirements.txt file included in the repo: pip install -r BingRewards/requirements.txt.
4. Create/update config file by running python setup.py .
   • Please note: Your credentials will be stored as base64 encoded text.
5. You must have signed onto your account using this machine before. Open Chrome or Edge and visit https://login.live.com. The site may ask to send you a verification email or text.
6. Run python BingRewards/BingRewards.py to start earning points.
7. Occasionally, update to the latest code by running ./bing-rewards-master/update.sh
8. Optional alerting: You can receive alerting for the following services, instructions below for each service.
   • Telegram
   • Discord
   • Google Sheets

Command Line Arguments

There are a growing number of command line argument options. Here are a few to note:

• -r or --remaining: remaining tasks - this is the default option
• -nhl or --no-headless: Don't run in headless mode. This is a non-default option.

To see remaining argument options, please run:

python BingRewards.py -h

Examples

The following python BingRewards.py actually translates to python BingRewards.py -r -hl -d chrome, i.e run the remaining searches in chrome headless mode.

Here's an example of running non-default arguments python BingRewards.py -w -nhl -e [e-mail] -p, i.e run web searches in non-headless mode with specified email, the password will be prompted for separately.

Scheduling (Optional)

You may want to use your operating system's scheduler to run this program automatically. The script will run completely in the background and should NOT interfere with your daily routine.

Windows (task scheduler)

1. Open Task Scheduler and click Create Task.
2. Choose Run whether user is logged on or not under Security options and check the box at the bottom that says Hidden.
3. Add a new trigger, either On workstation unlock for your specific username or On a schedule daily depending on what you want.
4. When adding the action, point the program to python.exe (most likely located in C:/Program Files) and add the argument line BingRewards/BingRewards.py. In the Start in box, place the absolute path to where you've cloned this repository.
5. It's also recommended to select the option to only execute when there is a network connection available under the Conditions tab.

Mac / Linux (crontab)

1. Open up the terminal and go to your home directory cd ~
2. Type crontab -e.
3. Now append the following line with the correct path: 0 9 * * * /absolute/path/to/python /absolute/path/to/BingRewards/BingRewards.py. The second digit, in this case the 9, is the hour (0-23) in your local timezone when the program will be run. Also note the default text editor for crontab is VIM so you'll need to hit i before editing text, and esc to go back to vim mode whereupon you can type in :wq which will write the changes and quit.
4. An example cronjob using an Anaconda Python build that runs daily at 9am: 0 9 * * * /Applications/anaconda/bin/python ~/Programming/Python/bing-rewards-master/BingRewards/BingRewards.py
5. Note that cronjobs are not run if your computer is sleeping. To wake your computer at a scheduled time follow the instructions in this link.

Telegram Notification (Optional)

if you want to setup a Telegram notification system please follow these steps:

1. Create Telegram bot using @BotFather. Note the API token generated in the BotFather chat- you'll need it later.
2. Get your Telegram userid from @userinfobot or alternatively @MissRose_bot
3. Re-run setup.py with two new arguments, like so: python setup.py --telegram_api_token --telegram_userid <your_userid>
   • telegram_api_token is the token generated from step 1. You can enter the token value separately in a secure prompt.
   • telegram_userid is your userid from step 2

Discord Notification (Optional)

if you want to setup a Discord notification system please follow these steps:

1. Create a new server, or skip this step if you want to use an existing server you have admin access to
   • Optional: Create a new channel dedicated to summary messages
2. Click the settings gear on the right side of the desired channel > integrations > Webhooks > New Webhook > Copy Webhook URL
   • The name is irrelevant beyond having a quick way of telling what the webhook was created for in discord.
3. Re-run setup.py with the discord argument, like so: python setup.py --discord-webhook-url <your webhook URL copied earlier>
4. To enable reporting, run BingRewards.py with the -di flag. Example: python BingRewards.py -di

Google Sheets API Instructions (Optional)

Before proceeding, please note:

• that the process is somewhat involved, it should take around 30 minutes to get everything set-up
• Each week, you will be forced to manually reauthenticate in order to generate a new token.

If you would still like to proceed, here are the steps:

1. Go to the Google Sheets API page.
   • Click Enable. After a few moments, you will be taken to a project page
   • On the left hand side are some tabs, click Credentials.
   • Click + Create Credentials -> OAuth Client Id
2. You will first need to configure consent screen, here
   • Click CONFIGURE CONSENT SCREEN
     • Choose External
     • Fill out the required fields
   • Scopes screen: just click Save and Continue
   • Test users screen:
     • add test user email, use the same email as your google account
     • click Save and Continue
3. Go back to Credentials tab
   • Click + Create Credentials -> OAuth Client Id
   • For Application type select Web application
   • For Name make up a name.
   • Click CREATE
   • A popup will say OAuth client created with your credentials, at the bottom click DOWNLOAD JSON
4. Update json filename and path
   • move the json file to this path: bing-rewards-master/BingRewards/config
   • rename the file to: google_sheets_credentials.json.
   • For the two steps above, via cmd line, it would look something like this:

cd bing-rewards-master/BingRewards/config/
#move downloaded file to correct dir and rename file
mv ~/Downloads/client_secret_xxx.json ./google_sheets_credentials.json

5. Lastly, this program needs access to the sheet_id and tab_name
   • Get the sheet_id by following these instructions.
   • The tab_name is simply the name of the tab, i.e Sheet1
   • Re-run setup.py to update the config file:

python setup.py --google_sheets_sheet_id <your_sheet_id> --google_sheets_tab_name <your_tab_name>

6. To summarize, the end result of the above is the following:
   • In the config/ directory, there is a google_sheets_credentials.json which was downloaded from google credentials page.
   • config/config.json was updated via setup.py and now contains the following:
     • sheet_id
     • tab_name

Additional Login Security Options

Microsoft offers these additional security options:

• Passwordless account: No password, tap the correct number from your authenticator app
• Two-step verification: You'll have to enter a security code that is sent to you via email or authenticator app

Currently only passwordless is supported and it must be done through the Microsoft Authenticator app.

Each time you log-in, a code will be printed out in the command line console, and you will need to select it in Authenticator. You will have to do this an additional time when you do the mobile search.

Multiple accounts

Multiple accounts are not supported currently, and there are no plans to add this feature. This is the most common question/request, but the reason for this is because it goes against the original author's intention and I want to honor that.

Acknowledgment

• The original author took down the code from their GitHub back in July 2018. The author gave me permission to re-upload and maintain, but wishes to stay anonymous. I will continue to maintain until this page says otherwise.
• UK quiz updates by chris987789
• 2FA code by revolutionisme
• Telegram notifications by hoseininjast
• Punch card, dashboard json, This or That perfect score, and more based on Charles Bel's wonderful repo.
• Microsoft Edge support by Summon528