ghf20 / commuting_weather

SMS notifications from python as to the optimal time to Commute from destination to source using WeatherAPI and Twilio SMS API. Designed to run from Raspberry Pi

Commandline application for Sending Weather Forecasts via SMS with the Twilio API

Installation & Instructions (Linux Only):

1. Ensure you have a Twilio Account. If you are a student, Github has a $50 credit for student twilio accounts https://education.github.com/pack

2. register for the free weather API on RapidAPI hub https://rapidapi.com/weatherapi/api/weatherapi-com/

3. install dependiencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Fill in API key and Twilio API.

5. run main.py with:

   python3 main.py

   or

   chmod +x main.py && ./main.py

6. register main.py to schedule execution

   Before execute the command below, be sure to change directory to the path 'main.py' is located

   Modify the time and date fields described as * * * * *

   echo "* * * * * ${USER}" $(which python3) $(pwd)\/main.py | tee -a /etc/crontab
   
   systemctl restart cron.service

   The time and date fields:

   To run main.py at 09:00 AM everyday

   echo "0 9 * * * ${USER}" $(which python3) $(pwd)\/main.py | tee -a /etc/crontab

   To run main.py at 02:15 PM on the first of every month:

   echo "15 14 1 * * ${USER}" $(which python3) $(pwd)\/main.py | tee -a /etc/crontab

   To check if job is scheduled for user (replace username):

   sudo crontab -u [username] -l

   or if root/dont have root privileges:

   less /etc/crontab

   Further detail refer https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/crontab.5.html

commuting_weather's Issues

Add windows functionality

Add functionality for script to be run on windows autonomusly

Store data in PostgreSQL database for analytics

Add functionality to store data in Docker PostgreSQL database

See https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres/

Only trigger when not connected to Local network

Would like to add the feature for script to trigger if and only if the user is not connected to their local network.

• Can detect any device
• Is it resource heavy? Would like it to run on a pi server

Iphone not showing as connected to network with nmap scan when locked

When an iphone is locked, you cannot tell with nmap if it is connected to the local network nor can you ping it. Requires further investigation

• See #2 before contributing to this issue

Add instructions for scheduling script with crontab

Add the ability to schedule the script to run autonomously using crontab. Likely just a readme update.