🛤 ChiVaxBot

Which Chicagoans are getting vaccinated? A bot for the South Side Weekly.

Uses Python, tweepy, and Heroku. S/o to this post by Emily Cain for the guiding method.

Requirements

• Docker

Deployment

This app is deployed on Heroku. To deploy what's on the master branch:

git push heroku master

To check out the logs:

heroku logs --tail

Running the app locally

To get started, run the following from your terminal:

1. Clone this repository and cd into your local copy.

git clone git@github.com:beamalsky/chivaxbot.git
cd chivaxbot

2. Switch the LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT variable in bot.py to True

3. Rename secrets_example.py to secrets.py:

mv secrets_example.py secrets.py

4. You'll need your own Twitter and NYT API keys. Get them and fill them in to your new secrets.py file.

5. Run the app locally!

docker-compose run --rm app python bot.py