H20 Reminder

A Simple Python Script that reminds one to drink water after every 2 hours from 6am to 10pm or 11 pm

Prerequisites

1. Twilio Account with a Phone Number
2. Python

How to use this

1. Clone the repository and cd into repository
2. Create a python virtual environment and install the requirements

  python -m venv env_myh20

• Activate the environment

  source env_myh20/bin/activate

• Install the requirements

  pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Create a .env file and store you twilio Creds

account_sid='<account_sid>'
auth_token='<auth_token>'
sender_phone_number='<sender_phone_number>' # from twilio
recipient_phone_number='<recipient_phone_number>' # your phone number

4. Run the application

python3 main.py

5. To Notify you after every 2 hours we use a cronjob

• run in terminal

crontab -e

• Paste the following line into the editor opened

0 */2 6-22 * * <virtual_Environment_Path>/bin/python <File_path>/h2OIntakeReminder/main.py >> <File_path>/h2OIntakeReminder/h2Oreminder_cronjob.log 2>&1

NB remember to change the File_Path and virtual_Environment_Path to your own system path

• Restart the Cronjob service

sudo service cron restart

Contact Me

Email - sammaingi5@gmail.com