/bill-downloader

The repository contains code to download bills from LESCO and PTCL website given the account ids

Primary LanguageJavaScriptGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

LESCO & PTCL Bill Downloader

This project scrapes the website lesco.gov.pk and dbill.ptcl.net.pk to download bills either as pdf for keeping as a record or downloading.

Dependencies

  • wget
  • curl
  • node.js
  • chrome/chromium installed for converting html to PDF

Configuration

Add the customer ids in the file customer_ids.json. Following will be its format:

{
  "lesco": [
    {"id":"YOUR_ID", "format":"html/pdf", "tag": "TAG"}
  ],
  "ptcl": [
    { "phone": "PHONE_WITHOUT_AREA_CODE", "account_id": "ACCOUNT_ID", "tag":"TAG"}
  ]
}

Running

node index.js

The downloaded bills will be placed in downloads folder in the format:

downloads:
  - BILL_MONTH (2022-01):
     - TAG (home/office):
        - ID.pdf
        - PTCL_phone_num.pdf

Emails

Support has been added to send emails whenever a new bill is encountered. To configure it, create a new file mailer-config.json having the SMTP setting similar to below

{
"service": "gmail",
"host": "smtp.gmail.com",
"port": 587,
"secure": false,
"auth": {
  "user": "USERNAME",
  "pass": "PASSWORD"
  }
}

Add the email field in customer_ids.json file.