README.md

Funda notification bot

Setting up

1. Create telegram bot following official documentation.
2. Create a channel, invite your bot into the channel
3. find out the channel id
4. Create an sqlite database with a single table:

   sqlite3 funda.py
   create table listing(street text);
   

5. Install dependencies with:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

6. Define environment variables:

   export FUNDA_DB=... # location of sqlite database
   export TELEGRAM_TOKEN=... # telegram token 1234567890:QWERTYQWERTYQWERTYQWERTYQWERTYQWERT
   export CHAT_ID=... # -1234567890
   export SEARCH_URL=... # funda search url https://www.funda.nl/zoeken/...
   

7. Run the app to get notifications for new listings:

   python3 scraper.py
   

8. Configure a cron job to run on certain intervals
9. Enjoy and don't miss any new listings!