COVID-19 Norge - Twitter Bot

COVID-19 Norge
https://twitter.com/covid19norge

Description

Twitter bot for tracking live COVID-19 statistics in Norway.

The bot autoposts live updates with a Twitter developer account:

twitter:
  auth:
    consumer_key: <CONSUMER_KEY>
    consumer_secret: <CONSUMER_SECRET>
    access_token: <ACCESS_TOKEN>
    access_token_secret: <ACCESS_SECRET>

DataSource

https://github.com/frefrik/covid19norge-data (accessed through covid19norge.no/api)

Features

• Live updates
  • Tested
  • Confirmed cases
  • Deaths
  • Admissions
  • Respiratory
  • Vaccine doses
  • Smittestopp
• Graphs
  • Tested
  • Confirmed cases
  • Dead
  • Hospitalized
  • Vaccine doses
  • Smittestopp
• RSS
  • News from FHI (Folkehelseinstituttet)
  • News from the goverment (Regjeringen)

Screenshots

Daily Summary Statistics

Live updates (click to expand)

RSS (click to expand)

Installation

Docker

Create a file named docker-compose.yml and add the following:

version: '3.8'

services:
  bot:
    container_name: covid19norge-twitter
    image: frefrik/covid19norge-twitter:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Oslo
    volumes:
      - ./config:/app/bot/config
      - ./data:/app/bot/data

Download and edit bot configuration

$ mkdir -p config \
  && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frefrik/covid19norge-twitter/main/config/config.dist.yml -O config/config.yml

Start bot

$ docker-compose up -d

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git + Docker

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/frefrik/covid19norge-twitter.git
$ cd covid19norge-twitter/

Copy config.dist.yml to config.yml and edit configuration

$ cp config/config.dist.yml config/config.yml

Start bot

$ docker-compose up -d

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Command line

Install dependencies

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Copy config.dist.yml to config.yml and edit configuration

$ cp config/config.dist.yml config/config.yml

Start bot

$ screen -dmS covid19norge-twitter python clock.py

Attaching to the screen

$ screen -r covid19norge-twitter

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Docker Notes

Editing config

If config.yaml is updated while bot is running, the container must be restarted to use the updated config.

$ docker restart covid19norge-twitter

Bot logs

Use docker logs -f covid19norge-twitter to show informational logs.