Sachsen Impfnotifier

This tool regularly checks the vaccination portal of Saxony, Germany for available appointments for specified vaccination centres. It simulates mouse clicks in a real browser from the login to the page where a found appointment needs to be confirmed.

It still requires some luck to get behind the waiting area and then find an appointment. It's recommended to watch the DRK Sachsen Twitter channel to get the release times of new appointments.

After configuring the tool as described below, it can be left running on any of your machines and when an appointment will be found and needs to be confirmed, a system notification pops up. Additionally you can configure a Telegram or Matrix bot to get notified there as well.

Usage

Node.js and npm are required. You also need to be registered on the vaccination portal before being able to use this tool.

1. Run npm ci to install dependencies

2. Set the following environment variables e.g. by editing the .env.sample and renaming it to .env

   Env var	Required	Description
   USER_NAME	Yes	Your so called "Vorgangskennung"
   PASSWORD	Yes	Your Password
   CENTRES	Yes	Comma separated list of centres to check: Belgern-Schildau, Borna, Kamenz, Chemnitz, Dresden, Treuen, Annaberg-Buchholz, Grimma, Löbau, Leipzig, Mittweida, Plauen, Pirna, Riesa, Zwickau
   DELAY	No	Delay between each check in ms (300000 ms = 5 min by default)
   BROWSER_OPTIONS	No	Custom browser options as JSON string (f.e. to configure a proxy)
   PARTNER_USER_NAME	No	The so called "Vorgangskennung" of your partner you want to get an appointment with
   PARTNER_PASSWORD	No	Password of your partner
   TELEGRAM_TOKEN	No	Telegram bot token, if you want additionally to be notified via Telegram
   TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID	No	Telegram chat ID which you want to be notified at
   MATRIX_HOMESERVER	No	Matrix homeserver URL, if you want additionally to be notified via Matrix
   MATRIX_TOKEN	No	Matrix access token of your bot user (you have to register this user yourself!)
   MATRIX_ROOM_ID	No	Matrix internal room ID to which notifications should be sent, the bot user will automatically be invited to this room

3. Run node index.js

4. Wait for the notification on your device (or Telegram, if set up additionally) and be lucky