mfrancka / claim-free-book

Simple script to launch in cron to get free book of the day from packtpub

Goal:

Check what a book is available for flee claim on packtpub.

Config

If you want to send notifications by email you need to have your email account used as a sender.

export [email protected]
export MAIL_SMTP_HOST=email.pl
export MAIL_PASSWORD=password
export MAIL_ADDRESS=email_set_as_from_in_email
export RECIPIENTS=email1,email2,email3

python free.py

You can also make .env file with variables above and put it where your script launch

[email protected]
MAIL_SMTP_HOST=email.pl
MAIL_PASSWORD=password
MAIL_ADDRESS=email_set_as_from_in_email
RECIPIENTS=email1,email2,email3

claim-free-book's Issues

Script is broken

It seems that API is not available any more. Find a new way to get book. It is possible by parsing HTML of the page.

Make docker image smaller

Docker image can be smaller.
Update Readme.md to have information how to run docker