Check Obituaries Alert

Need something that alerts you when they appear in an obituary? This script is will check legacy.com every 24 hours (default is 13:00) for a new obituary against a list of names which is passed in as a json string. Once one found, an email will be sent.

Setup

Running Locally

1. Download repo
   • git clone https://github.com/littlehoushontheprairie/check-obituaries-alert.git
   • git checkout develop
   • git pull
   • cd check-obituaries-alert
2. Export environment variables
3. Run
   • python3 check-obituaries-alert.py

Building and Running as Container from Source

1. Download repo
   • git checkout develop
   • git pull
   • cd check-obituaries-alert
2. Export environment variables
3. run docker-compose
   • docker-compose up --build -d

Running Container from GitHub Docker Registry (using Terminal)

1. Download latest container
   • docker pull ghcr.io/littlehoushontheprairie/check-obituaries-alert:latest
2. Run container

   • docker run --restart=always -d --network host \
     --name check-obituaries-alert \
     -e TZ="America/Los_Angeles" \
     -e FROM_EMAIL="from@example.com" \
     -e TO_NAME="to" \
     -e TO_EMAIL="to@example.com" \
     -e SMTP_HOST="smtp.example.com" \
     -e SMTP_USER="laura@example.com" \
     -e SMTP_PASSWORD="8f5cd6729h0v5d247vc190ddcs4l2a" \
     ghcr.io/littlehoushontheprairie/check-obituaries-alert:latest
     

Running Container from GitHub Docker Registry (using docker-compose)

1. Create docker-compose.yml file

2. Add content.

   • version: "3.5"
     
     services:
         check-obituaries-alert:
             container_name: check-obituaries-alert
             image: ghcr.io/littlehoushontheprairie/check-obituaries-alert:latest
             restart: always
             network_mode: host
             environment:
                 TZ: America/Los_Angeles
                 FROM_EMAIL: "${FROM_EMAIL}"
                 TO_NAME: "${TO_NAME}"
                 TO_EMAIL: "${TO_EMAIL}"
                 SMTP_HOST: "${SMTP_HOST}"
                 SMTP_USER: "${SMTP_USER}"
                 SMTP_PASSWORD: "${SMTP_PASSWORD}"
             volumes:
                 - /path/to/data:/data
     

3. Export environment variables

4. Run docker-compose up -d

Legacy.com API

The script reads in a json file, legacy_com_search_parameters.json, which is a json object of names and location ids. The file should be located in /data and mapped correctly in the docker-compose.yml. Legacy.com API doesn't require all fields to be filled in. At least some need to be.

Structure

Inside the JSON file, it should be laid as such. Keep in mind that each object in the searchParameters only requires either firstName or lastName to search for a refine search add as many as you need.

{
    "searchParameters": [
        {
            "firstName": "John",
            "lastName": "Smith",
            "countryId": 1,
            "regionId": 29,
            "cityId": 125138
        }
    ]
}

countryId, regionId, and cityId can be found on the Legacy.com site, but here are some direct information:

• countryId - Country ID (i.e. 1 - United States)
• regionId - Region ID. These are states or provinces. (i.e. 29 - New York)
  • This can be found with this endpoint: https://www.legacy.com/api/_frontend/regions/country/united-states
• cityId - City ID. (i.e. 125138 - New York City)
  • This can be found with this endpoint: https://www.legacy.com/api/_frontend/cities/region/{regionId}

Email Templates

The script reads in email templates everytime it is ran. You can customize the templates located in the templates folder. They are read in as HTML files and are injected at runtime with the information.

Structure

• error.html - Error Template
• index.html - Main Template

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Example	Needed by
SCRIPT_RUN_TIME	false	13:00	00:00 - 23:59	Scheduler
FROM_NAME	false	Check Obituaries Alert	Check Obituaries Alert	SMTP Server (send email from)
FROM_EMAIL	true	---	from@example.com	SMTP Server (send email from)
TO_NAME	false		Laura	SMTP Server (send email to)
TO_EMAIL	true	---	to@example.com	SMTP Server (send email to)
SMTP_HOST	true	---	smtp.example.com	SMTP Server
SMTP_PORT	false	465	465	SMTP Server
SMTP_EMAIL	true	---	laura@example.com	SMTP Server
SMTP_PASSWORD	true	---	8f5cd6729h0v5d247vc190ddcs4l2a	SMTP Server

NOTE: For security purposes, it is strong recommended that you use a generated API passwords.