Cowin-Slot-Tracker

Tracker to check the covid vaccine slot availability in India and send mobile notifications through Twilio Messaging Service.

Requirements

Docker must be installed in the local system. Refer docker documentation to set it locally based on your machine specification. If you are a Windows user and wants to setup docker, follow this video

How to use?

There are two parts to this system

Pinging the public COWIN API to get district wise data and checking for availability, every 15 minutes.
Relaying this information to the user's mobile via Twilio Messaging Service. For that, one must configure Twilio
1. Sign up on Twilio using your email id. After verifying your email log into the Twilio Dashboard. For this purpose, we will remain on free trial.
2. Once you are in the dashboard, click Get a trial phone number.
3. Under Project Info, you can find the ACCOUNT SID, AUTH TOKEN and PHONE NUMBER (Twilio Phone Number and not yours). Make a note of these numbers.
After successfully completing above steps, you are good to go.

Once all the above requirements are met, do the following

Git clone this repository(if you are techie enough), otherwise download the repository by clicking on Download ZIP under Code.
Open Terminal and change your directory to the folder you have just cloned/ downloaded. (Remember to extract the .zip file if you have downloaded it)
Make sure Docker Desktop is running.
Modify settings.json with your settings.
Run docker build -t covin --rm .
Run docker run -it --name covin-schedule --rm covin
If there is a slot available in the district code you have provided, you will receive an SMS on your phone.

If you want to change settings, rebuild the image and run(Step 5)

Example Response

sample settings.json

{
  "districtId": "391",
  "authToken": "09cbfca2asdad5ae4fe991ac8858adca1b",
  "accountSID": "AC6b24b0sdasuef906ed07sdfasd4e8d",
  "twilioPhone": "+1xxxxxxxxx",
  "selfPhone": "+919xxxxxxxx",
  "userAge": "45"
}

Response

Slots Available at 16 places.
SAKUR RH 2, Samsherpur RH, NIRAMAY HOSPITAL, Rahata RH, Chichondi Patil RH, Sakur RH, WAMBORI RH 2, 
Wambori RH, JAMKHED RH 2, Topkhana HP, Rajur RH, SHRIRAMPUR RH 2, CHICHONDI PATIL RH 2, TAKALI DHOKESHWAR RH 2, 
RAJUR RH 2, SAMSHERPUR RH 2

Here 391 is the district id for Ahmednagar, Maharashtra

Sample District Codes in Kerala

301: Alappuzha
307: Ernakulam
306: Idukki
297: Kannur
295: Kasaragod
298: Kollam
304: Kottayam
305: Kozhikode
302: Malappuram
308: Palakkad
300: Pathanamthitta
296: Thiruvananthapuram
303: Thrissur
299: Wayanad

Other States

To find District ID for other states:

Got to Cowin Portal in the browser