/opt-postman

📮Get email notification of OPT status & statistics every * days.

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OPT Postman

📮 Get email notification of OPT status & statistics every * days.

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How to Run

  1. Get a long-running server and set up the environment. Install Python 3, pip, git and other basic tools.

  2. Clone this repo or download a ZIP:

    git clone git@github.com:geeeeeeeeek/opt-postman.git

  3. Install dependencies:

    pip3 install -r requirements.txt

  4. Replace the parameters with your Gmail username and password:

    send_email("{REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_GMAIL}", "{REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_PASSWORD}")

  5. Schedule the script execution. You may want to test it locally first.

    # Run once
python3 main.py

# Scheduled execution
crontab -e

    Add a line in the opened editor. The example below runs the script and sends an email at 8 am PST every morning.

    00 16 * * * /usr/bin/python3 /home/ubuntu/main.py

Data Source

  1. Case status: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do
  2. Statistics: http://www.checkuscis.com/