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Event Scraper and Notifier

A simple Go application that scrapes event details from "www.soldoutticketbox.com" every hour and inserts unique events into an SQLite database. If a new unique event is inserted into the database, a notification is sent via a Telegram bot.

Table of Contents

Setup

Prerequisites

  1. Go: Ensure you have Go installed on your machine. If not, follow the official Go installation guide.
  2. SQLite: This application uses SQLite to store event details. Ensure SQLite is installed on your machine.
  3. Telegram Bot: You'll need a Telegram bot token to send notifications and the chat ID of the destination.

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/deathalt/cyprus_events
cd cyprus_events

  2. Install required Go packages:

    go get github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery
go get github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3

  3. Set environment variables:

    • TG_BOT_TOKEN: Your Telegram Bot Token.
    • TG_CHAT_ID: The Chat ID where notifications will be sent.
    • SQLITE_PATH: Path to *.db file
    export TG_BOT_TOKEN='your-telegram-bot-token'
export TG_CHAT_ID='your-chat-id'
export SQLITE_PATH='/tmp/data.db'

Usage

Simply run the Go application:

go run main.go

The application will scrape event details every hour and notify you on Telegram for any new unique events.

Architecture

  • SQLite: An embedded database used to store and deduplicate event details.
  • goquery: A package that enables HTTP requests and HTML parsing in a jQuery-like syntax.
  • Telegram Bot API: Used to send notifications for newly added events.

Contributing

We welcome any contributions! If you find any issues or would like to add enhancements, please open an issue or a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.