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COVID-19 Vaccination Slot Booking Script

Update:
We are getting all kinds of attention now - which I do not want to handle. So there won't be any additional commits to this project. It has been put on indefinite hold.

Important:
This is a proof of concept project. I do NOT endorse or condone, in any shape or form, automating any monitoring/booking tasks. Use at your own risk.
This CANNOT book slot automatically. You will need to enter the OTP and Captcha.

Do NOT use unless all the beneficiaries selected are supposed to get the same vaccine and dose.
There is no option to register new mobile or add beneficiaries. This can be used only after beneficiary has been added through the official app/site.

API Details (read the first paragraph at least): https://apisetu.gov.in/public/marketplace/api/cowin/cowin-public-v2
BMC Link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallupz
And finally, I know code quality isn't great.
Suggestions are welcome.

Noteworthy Forks
https://github.com/bombardier-gif/covid-vaccine-booking : I haven't tried this personally but, it looks like a promising, completely automated solution that would require a bit more setting up.

Usage:
For the anyone not familiar with Python and using Windows, using the covid-vaccine-slot-booking.exe executable file (EDIT: EXE is not working at the moment due to unresolved errors) would be the easiest way. It might trigger an anti-virus alert. That's because I used pyinstaller to package the python code and it needs a bit more effort to avoid such alerts.

OR

Use Python 3.7 and install all the dependencies with:

pip install -r requirements.txt
Then, run the script file as show below:

python src\covid-vaccine-slot-booking.py
If you're on Linux, install the beep package before running the Python script. To install beep, run:

sudo apt-get install beep
If you already have a bearer token, you can also use:

python src\covid-vaccine-slot-booking.py --token=YOUR-TOKEN-HERE
Third-Party Package Dependency:
tabulate : For displaying data in tabular format.
requests : For making GET and POST requests to the API.
inputimeout : For creating an input with timeout.

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