A python script that fetches live cricket commentary for a Test/ODI(yet to test for T20, but should work the same) match from an ESPNCricInfo match link, and sends it to a contact on Whatsapp automatically, at regular intervals.
Update : I've recently noticed that Whatsapp has started changing the ids of the message text-box and the submit button, so for now need to find the new ids from the source and add them to properties.py, but I might try to take that dependency out later on.
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.
- You'll need to have a Whatsapp account(of course! 😛).
- You'll need to have an installation of Python installed on your system, download from here.
- You'll also need to install the modules used in the script via pip3. These modules are mentioned in requirements.txt. To install all of them at once, open terminal, cd to the project directory and run the command -
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
aaaaaand you're good to go.
- In properties.py file, replace "Safari" with "Chrome"/"Firefox", whatever browser you have installed. For Chrome and Firefox, you'll have to install their respective drivers on the system as well.
- Get the match COMMENTARY(on the match page, there's a "Commentary" tab available on the top) URL from ESPNCricinfo, for which you want to get the commentary, and replace the content for the current MATCH_URL in properties.py.
- Change the MATCH_START_HOURS/MINUTES and MATCH_END_HOURS/MINUTES as per the time of your system.
- Then, open terminal, cd to the project folder and run the command -
python3 automator.py - A new browser window will open with web-whatsapp open in it. Scan the QR code on the page through your mobile(make sure your phone is connected to the internet the whole time) - iOS : Whatsapp -> Settings -> Whatsapp Web/Desktop -> Scan QR Code Android : Whatsapp -> Settings -> Whatsapp Web -> +
- Wait until all the contacts have loaded on the webpage, then go back to the terminal and write all contacts/group names(CASE SENSITIVE) in the terminal, and press ENTER.
- And you're done! :D
The script is easily configurable as per one's own use-case, can change -
- Schedule interval (can be in seconds/minutes/hours/days, refer Schedule Docs).
- Match URL - in properties.py.
(P.S.: ESPN Cricinfo only. Will have to dig into the HTML again for another site, for now I'm fine with just this one!) - Display options.
- The "send message" button click somehow doesn't work on Safari anymore, even though the class-id is the same. (Weird!) Will probably have to try out a few things to see if the issue is with Selenium or Safari (goes on to my todo-list).
Using SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.