About

The script checks availability of delivery slots at https://www.kosik.cz/ and sends an email when a free slot is present.

Installation

The setup below is for Windows 10.

Selenium

• Find used Chrome version - Help > About Google Chrome.
• Install Selenium chrome driver from https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads.

Python

• Download and install Anaconda from https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section.
• Run Anaconda Prompt application
  • Install pip - run conda install -c anaconda pip.
  • Navigate with cd to the directory with repository and install packages - run pip install -r requirements.txt.

Script configuration

• Create and setup a gmail email account used for sending emails. See Option 1 at https://realpython.com/python-send-email/#option-1-setting-up-a-gmail-account-for-development.
• Update configuration in kosik_watchdog.py. Change variables PATH_TO_CHROMEWEBDRIVER, ADDRESSES, WATCHDOG_EMAIL and WATCHDOG_PASSWORD.

Periodic script execution

• Change paths in run_script.bat
• Add chromedriver to run at startup. See https://www.howtogeek.com/228467/how-to-make-a-program-run-at-startup-on-any-computer/.
• Setup windows Task scheduler to run run_script.bat periodically. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/4250516/11238203.
  • In General set Run whether user is logged on or not
  • Triggers - At system startup, repeat every 15 minutes. Please, be reasonable with the periodic execution and do not abuse the system.