PRD (Product Requirement Documentation) of the project:

https://github.com/7wick/covid-vaccine-notifier-browser/raw/main/PRD_%20%20covid%20vaccine%20notifier.pdf

Description:

It will notify you when the vaccine is available. Since most of us are using the laptop for the entire day, it will open a tab in your browser to the registration portal directly, as soon as vaccine is available for your age in your district.

Steps to run it on your mac/linux: (Working on the windows guide)

1. Install python3 and pip3 (preferred: python3) [follow: https://realpython.com/installing-python/]
2. Take a pull of the main branch of this github repository by running:
   git clone https://github.com/7wick/covid-vaccine-notifier-browser.git covid-vaccine-notifier-browser
3. Get into your directory:
   cd covid-vaccine-notifier-browser
4. Install the dependencies:
   sh installer.sh
5. Update the input.json file, as per your requirements. [Important, else you will get wrong information]:
   vi input.json
   Press i on keyboard
   Start editing
   Press ESC on keyboard
   Press wq
   Note: You can check your inputs by running: cat input.json
6. Run the bash script in the background:
   nohup $(find ~ -name "notifier_script.sh" 2> /dev/null) &
7. Kill the process and stop the script: [Very important, else you will keep getting notifications]
   kill -9 $(ps -ef | grep notifier_script.sh | awk '{print $2}')

How to pull updated code:

1. kill -9 $(ps -ef | grep notifier_script.sh | awk '{print $2}')
2. cd $(find ~ -name "covid-vaccine-notifier-browser" 2> /dev/null)
3. git stash save
4. git checkout main
5. git pull

Note: You need to re-edit your input.json file after these steps, else you will get wrong information. Follow from step 5 and 6 above