A Python script to get data from the CoWIN API to find vaccine appointments for 7 days past a specific date in a specific pincode
The program uses the official CoWIN API which is publically available here : https://apisetu.gov.in/public/api/cowin#/
Before you Begin:
- I have tried to use as many in-built libraries as possible. You would need to install the 'requests' library if you do not have it installed.
You can install Requests by using here :
pip install requests
or
conda install requests
- For the telegram and email notification, you would need to set up a Telegram Bot account and enable App Passwords in Gmail
Follow this link : https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?p=InvalidSecondFactor&visit_id=637554658548216477-2576856839&rd=1 for generating app specific passwords and use your email ID and the generated password in the script (DO NOT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SHARE THE APP PASSWORD TO ANYONE!)
Follow this link : https://www.codementor.io/@garethdwyer/building-a-telegram-bot-using-python-part-1-goi5fncay to create and connect a Telegram Bot to the script.
- Run the python script by navigating to the folder in the terminal (you can google how to do this) and runnign the command python3 FILENAME.py
where FILENAME is the name of the python file
Hope this helps! Stay Safe everyone!
Telegram Screenshot
Email Screenshot