alexroussel / alertc

Web scraper to notify new marks on Planete INSA Lyon platorm

alerTC

Web scraper to notify new marks on Planete INSA Lyon platorm into Messenger conversation.

Requirements

• Non ARM Linux server
• Nodejs v12.x
• Planète INSA account
• Facebook account (to publish messages)

Install Instruction

1. clone this project
2. cd to this project
3. Use command npm install to install dependencies
4. Rename file .env.example to .env, fill facebook and planete email and password and messenger conversation + planete marks page URL
5. Run command npm start to run scraper

Automation

To periodically run the scraper, you need to put cron jobs.
For example, for running the scraper every 5 minutes :
*/5 * * * * npm start --prefix /home/alex/alerTC/

Troubleshooting

If you have issues with chromium, follow this link
Basically, on debian-like distribs, you need to do these commands :

• sudo sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1

• sudo apt-get install ca-certificates fonts-liberation gconf-service libappindicator1 libasound2 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgbm1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libnss3 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 lsb-release wget xdg-utils