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Run Epic-Scraper-Bot as a Script

Before we Begin

OS packages:

  • python3
  • cron

Python Packages:

  • requests
  • python-telegram-bot
  • python-dotenv

The python packages can be installed with pip

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Settings File (.env)

  • TG_Bot_ID: This is the bot ID that you received from @Botfather
  • SERVER_PASSWORD: The value enteres here will be set as the registration password. If left blank; no password will be set.
  • CRON_SCHEDULE: This is the CRON schedule that specifies how often ESB should search for new games.

Example

TG_Bot_ID=""
SERVER_PASSWORD=""
CRON_SCHEDULE="* 19 * * *"

Running the application

Once the settings file has been set up, you can start the application by running python Startup.py.

This will verify the settings are valid, create a CRON job for the Scraper to run, and start the Telegram bot.