Obtain aqicn_token by requesting Air Quality API here.
Obtain your city id by running the GET request below
https://api.waqi.info/search/?keyword={your_city_name}&token={your_token}
For example, we got @3303 for Beijing.
Create a Telegram Bot, instructions can be found here.
send a message to the bot you just created, run the following request to get your telegram_id
https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOTID>/getUpdates
Fill the tester_id field with your telegram_id.
Create a Telegram Channel for publishing real-time data.
For obtaining channel_id, check here.
git clone git@github.com:Eth4nZ/aqi-monitor.git && cd aqi-monitor
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
cp sample_config.json config.json
complete config.json with the tokens you got in the previous section.
python3 beijing_air_monitor.py
"debug_mode": "true"
Message will be sent to your private account with 5 minutes interval
"debug_mode": "false"
Message will be sent to telegram channel with 60 minutes interval