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Notifly

#python #tensorflow #notificationbot #opensource


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About the package

A Simple Bot to push notifications during an event trigger.

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Install the package

Run the following terminal commands to install the package on the given distros.

  • Termux : 
pkg install python3
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pip3 install notifly
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  • Ubuntu/Debian 
sudo apt install python3-pip
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pip3 install notifly
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  • Arch 
sudo pacman -S python3-pip
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pip3 install notifly
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This may take a while depending on the network speed.

Prerequisites

  • Python3 It is preinstalled in Ubuntu 20.04. To check the version use command : 
python3 --version
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If it is not preinstalled for some reason, proceed here and download as per requirement.

Run the following command in terminal to download the required packags for running the tool locally :

  • Using requirements file : 
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
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  • Directly download : 
pip3 install requests==2.20.0
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Working of the tool

To see how the tool works, create a telegram bot.

  1. Creating the telegram bot
    1. Open Telegram messenger, sign in to your account or create a new one.
    2. Enter @botfather in the search tab and choose this bot.Note, official Telegram bots have a blue checkmark beside their name.
    3. Click Start to activate BotFather bot.
    4. Choose or type /newbot and send it.
    5. Choose a name for the bot, the bot can be found by its username in searches. The username must be unique and end with the word bot.
  2. Getting the bot API token
    • Newly created bot
  • Already existing bot
    1. Run sample code 
from notifly import telegram

token = input("Enter bot token : ")
bot=notifly.BotHandler(token)
text = input("Enter text message : ")
print(bot.send_message(text))
opt_image = input("Do you want to send image ?")
if(opt_image=='y' or opt_image=='Y'):
    img_path = input("Enter full image path : ")
    bot.send_image(img_path)
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Contributing

  1. Fork the Project
  2. Create your Feature Branch 
git checkout -b feature/mybranch
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  1. Commit your Changes 
git commit -m 'Add something'
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  1. Push to the Branch 
git push origin feature/mybranch
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  1. Open a Pull Request

Follow the given commands or use the amazing GitHub GUI

Happy Contributing 😃

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