COVID-19 Turkey Telegram Bot

Sends daily and total COVID-19 statistics in Turkey.

Gets data from ykursadkaya/covid19-turkey-api
Checks the API every n (default is 60 in script) seconds, if anything changes in the stats sends message in Turkish via Telegram Bot API with provided API token and chat ID.

Telegram Message Screenshot

Setup

Create your Telegram Bot

Create your bot and get your API token

Bots: An introduction for developers
Add your bot to a group or start a private chat with your bot
Get chat_id from Telegram Bot API

Getting updates

Run on a Docker container

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/ykursadkaya/covid19-turkey-bot.git
cd covid19-turkey-bot

Build Docker image
```
docker build -t covidbot .
```

Run container

docker run -p <external-port>:5000 --name <container-name> -e TELEGRAM_API_TOKEN=<api-token> -e TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=<chat-id> -e COVIDAPI_URL=<api-url> covidbot

Run directly on your machine

Install Python 3

Python Download Page
Install pip for Python 3

pip installation guide

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/ykursadkaya/covid19-turkey-bot.git
cd covid19-turkey-bot

Install required Python packages
```
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
```
Run script
```
python3 main.py
```