Cowin-Notify

SMS and Desktop Notification mechanisms for availability of vaccination slots, also partial automation tool for booking slots

• Scripts
  • app.py : For Notification service
  • automation.py : For autofill the details required to book a vaccination slot (except for OTP , that we need to type manually)

• app.py

  • Check slots availability for specified pincode for next 2 days(default)
  • Hit CoWin public API every 1 minute(default)

• automation.py

  • Use Selenium to partial automate the slot booking process
  • Open the URL,enters the phone number for OTP once the user enters the OTP it will enter the pincode and select 18+ as age group
  • Based on the availability user need to schedule the appointment manually

• How to run

  • Run requirements.txt to install the dependencies

    pip install -r requirements.txt

  • To run the scripts with SMS notification ON, create a twilio account and add the required credentials in the script

  • Add pincode,age and contact number in the script

• Output

  • SMS (if sms parameter set to True)

  • Desktop notification

• Blog link