trevtravtrev / VacationFinder

An automated vacation club daily search tool with SMS notifications for new listings.

VacationFinder

Tool to search and find when new vacations have been added to a website. Sends a text notification to user when more vacations added detected.

Python Version:

• 3.9

Current supported emails:

• gmail

Current supported phone carriers:

• att
• tmobile
• verizon
• sprint
• virgin
• boost
• cricket
• metro
• us cellular
• xfinity

One time setup:

• add settings to config.ini

• sign in to your gmail account

• turn allow less secure apps to ON using the link below
  https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps?pli=1&rapt=AEjHL4NLknQ0n1ii0IaCeaXqFEZ1ros8GARoX3lNhSHDcnWE81APVGwMdVot0UQVbzPiz5XYrxtccBkVXJTXcDW0dCBphk4Svw

• open terminal -> cd into project directory -> pip3 install -r requirements.txt

How to use:

• run main.py

Automatically run on raspberry pi:

• copy VacationFinder folder to raspberry pi desktop
• right click 'vacationfinder.sh' -> properties -> permissions tab -> set all permissions to 'anyone'
• type 'crontab -e' in terminal
• add '0,30 9-21 * * 5,6,0 /home/pi/Desktop/VacationFinder/src/vacationfinder.sh' to bottom
• ctrl + s