mdesson / knowtify

Run an executable, get notified. Plays nice with cron.

knowtify

Run an executable, get notified. Plays nice with cron.

Installation

WARNING: Do NOT share your executable or place it someplace you distrust. This project embeds the config file into the executable, anyone with the binary will be able to access your twilio token, phone numbers, and all data in the config file.

1. Place file named config.json in the project's directory.

{
	"endHour": INT,
	"sleepSeconds": INT,
	"twilioSID": TWILIO_SID,
	"twilioToken": TWILIO_TOKEN,
	"sendTo": ["[phone]"],
	"sendFrom": "[phone]",
	"products": [
		{
			"name": NAME,
			"url": PRODUCT_STOCK_URL,
			"outOfStockText": SEARCH_STRING
		}	
	]
}

2. Build or install main.go to generate the executabl.

Usage

1. Create your config file.
2. Set up cron job to run executable.
3. At the desired time knowtify will check if the item is in stock every sleepSeconds seconds.
4. If any product is in stock, it will notify you and stop sending.
5. When the time is at least endHour the job will terminate.