Description

A Telegram bot that sends users configurable updates on next bus timings in Singapore using the data provided by LTA, e.g. you can set it to send you a message about 1 minute before your bus arrives so you don't have to keep looking out for it.

Link

Try it out on Telegram: @SporeBusBot

Instructions

1. Put in the following details in flaskapp.cfg directly or set them as environment variables accordingly (for OpenShift Online, managed under applications/deployments and not builds or image), then host it on OpenShift with Python 3 (redirect https under routing).
   • Telegram bot token
   • LTA API credentials
   • App URL
   • Redis details (from OpenShift, or you can use Redis Cloud)
   • Posthook API key and signature
2. To run the server, python runapp.py. To run serverless, use flaskapp.py.
3. When setting up your Telegram bot for the first time, visit the following URL (based on your values in Step 1) in your browser to set up your webhook: APP_URL/TOKEN/set_webhook