Telegram script

README.md

@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@ GOTIFY_BASE_URL = '<your gotify server url>'
 GOTIFY_TOKEN = '<your application key here>'
 ```
 
+### Telegram
+Create a bot via telegrams 'BotFather'. You will need the token from this and your own telegram chat id.
+
+Edit the script and enter your bot token and chat_id.
+
+```python
+# Telegram settings
+TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN = '<your telegram bot token>'
+TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID = '<your telegram chat id>'
+```
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 The script uses the Feedparser module to parse RSS feed information, so you'll have to install it first.
@@ -59,6 +70,12 @@ It also uses Requests to send the notification to the Pushbullet API.
 ```python
 pip install requests
 ```
+
+For the telegram version you will also need the python telegram bot module.
+```python
+pip install python-telegram-bot
+```
+
 ## Usage
 
 The easiest way to run this scrip continuously is to use ```nohup```

rpilocator_telegram.py

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+import telegram, sys
+import feedparser
+import time
+import json
+
+# Feed URL
+FEED_URL = 'https://rpilocator.com/feed/'
+
+# Telegram settings
+TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN = '<your telegram bot token>'
+TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID = '<your telegram chat id>'
+
+# Customize the message title
+MESSAGE_TITLE = 'xlocator Stock Alert'
+
+# User Agent
+USER_AGENT = 'xlocator feed alert'
+
+# Create the message body
+def formatMessage(entry):
+    message = [
+        f"<b><u>{MESSAGE_TITLE}</u></b>",
+        f"",
+        f"{entry.title}",
+        f"",
+        f"{entry.link}",
+    ]
+
+    message = '\n'.join(message)
+
+    return message
+
+# Telegram Nachricht senden
+def sendMessage (message):
+    try:
+        bot = telegram.Bot(token=TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN)
+    except Exception as err:
+        print('Unhandled exception while creating telegram bot object: %s' % err, file = sys.stderr)
+        return False
+    try:
+        result_msg = bot.sendMessage(chat_id=TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID, text=message, parse_mode='HTML')
+        return isinstance(result_msg, telegram.message.Message)
+    except Exception as err:
+        print('Unhandled exception while sending telegram message: %s' % err, file = sys.stderr)
+        return False
+
+# Set control to blank list
+control = []
+
+# Fetch the feed
+f = feedparser.parse(FEED_URL, agent=USER_AGENT)
+
+# If there are entries in the feed, add entry guid to the control variable
+if f.entries:
+    for entries in f.entries:
+        control.append(entries.id)
+
+#Only wait 30 seconds after initial run.
+time.sleep(30)
+
+while True:
+    # Fetch the feed again, and again, and again...
+    f = feedparser.parse(FEED_URL, agent=USER_AGENT)
+
+    # Compare feed entries to control list.
+    # If there are new entries, send a message/push
+    # and add the new entry to control variable
+    for entries in f.entries:
+        if entries.id not in control:
+
+            message = formatMessage(entries)
+
+            sendMessage(message)
+
+            # Add entry guid to the control variable
+            control.append(entries.id)
+
+    time.sleep(59)