get lunch menus sent to your e-mail/groupchat

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Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/helb/jidlobot.git
$ cd jidlobot

Create a virtual environment:

$ virtualenv -p `which python3` .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Copy jidlobot.yml.example to jidlobot.yml and set:

• HTTP_TIMEOUT to the number of seconds you would want to wait for each URL
• URLS – list of urls, supported sites are:
  • menicka.cz
  • zomato.com (they have some scraping protection in place, make sure to have ZOMATO_UA set in your config)
• BACKENDS – where to send the message:
  • mail
  • mattermost
  • hipchat
  • rocketchat
  • console (just prints the output).

If using mail backend:

• MAIL_FROM – Sender e-mail address
• MAIL_TO – List of recipients
• MAIL_SERVER (default localhost) and MAIL_PORT (default 25) – MTA (SMTP server) address
• MAIL_USER (default same as MAIL_FROM) and MAIL_PW – SMTP server credentials (not used if MAIL_PW is not set)
• MAIL_STARTTLS (default True) – Use STARTTLS connection method
• If your local MTA works well, set MAIL_FROM and MAIL_TO only

If using mattermost backend:

• MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK – URL for webhook, https://mattermost.…/hooks/…
• MATTERMOST_CHANNEL – channel name
• MATTERMOST_USERNAME – bot's username

If using hipchat backend:

• HIPCHAT_URL – URL of your HipChat server, with trailing slash
• HIPCHAT_ROOM – room ID
• HIPCHAT_TOKEN – room notification token
• HIPCHAT_COLOR – message background, valid values are yellow, green, red, purple, gray, and random.

If using rocketchat backend:

• ROCKETCHAT_WEBHOOK – URL for webhook, https://rocketchat.…/hooks/…
• ROCKETCHAT_CHANNEL – channel name

More than one backend can be used at the same time, eg.:

BACKENDS:
    - mattermost
    - mail
    - console

$ ./jidlobot.py

Create a cron job if everything works.

Example script for running from cron:

#!/bin/bash
set -e
cd /path/to/jidlobot
source .venv/bin/activate
python jidlobot.py

Example crontab entry (runs Monday to Friday at 10:58):

58  10  *  *  1-5  /path/to/jidlobot.sh