UnipdBot

An unofficial Telegram bot for students of University of Padua (Unipd) - try it at @UnipdBot!

Still in early stage, the code is messy and the bot might be unresponsive. Be careful!

Description

I wanted to make a bot with commands that can be upgraded and changed at any time, without having to mess with the code.

The bot pulls commands from a Deployd app running at unipd.xyz... but this part has to be improved more. An example: http://unipd.xyz/commands

Moreover, the bot can send data parsed from the University's website. An example is in the update_mensa.py file: this one updates the Bot's APIs with data about the Unipd's canteens (today's menu and open or close). More data and commands will be added soon.

Running the bot

Just some simple instructions if you want to test the bot

• pip install -r requirements.txt
• Rename settings.ini.sample to settings.ini
• Create an access token with Telegram's @Botfather and place it in settings.ini.
• Switch into the db folder and run python createdb_logs.py.
• Run mydb.py to create a local pickledb database in which you'll store commands.
• If you want to use the /stats command, you must retrieve your Telegram User Id and put it into settings.ini.
• The auth setting in settings.ini is needed in update_mensa.py. Only when a valid auth token is supplied, you'll be able to make PUT/POST/DELETE requests to unipd.xyz. GET requests are all public.

Using the Unipd's Unofficial APIs.

Feel free to use the data provided by the Unipd's Unofficial APIs! Only GET requests are available.

Endpoints:

• http://unipd.xyz/aulastudio: data about Unipd's study rooms.
• http://unipd.xyz/mensa: data about Unipd's canteens.
• http://unipd.xyz/biblioteca: data about Unipd's libraries.

License and credits

Read LICENSE file for @UnipdBot's license.

This bot uses also:

• python-telegram-bot
• beautifulsoup4
• requests
• pickledb
• geopy
• simplejson
• arrow
• Python, Internet, Telegram, and all those nice things.

Contact

For anything (bugs, contributing, saying hi!), contact me on Telegram at @mikexine or via e-mail at mikexine@gmail.com