README.md

LINKEDIN-BOT

A linkedin-bot which automatically accepts all the connection invitations.

Running it locally on your machine

1. Clone this repo , cd to project root and add .env file with your username and password.
2. Make sure node is installed on your system.
3. Install chrome-driver on your system.
4. Install dependencies using npm i
5. Run node index.js

Running it on cloud instance like AWS

1. SSH into your cloud instance.
2. Clone this repo.
3. Configure your environment variables.
    3.a) MacOS/Linux
    > export USERNAME="Replace this with your linkedin username without quotes)"
 > export PASSWORD="Replace this with your linkedin password without quotes)"
    3.b) Windows-CMD
    > setx USERNAME "Replace this with your linkedin username without quotes"
 > setx PASSWORD "Replace this with your linkedin password without quotes"
   & ensp;3.c) Powershell
    > $Env:USERNAME="Replace this with your linkedin username"
 > $Env:PASSWORD="Replace this with your linkedin password"
   
4. Install node and chrome-driver.
5. cd to project root and install dependencies using npm i
6. Run the application.
    6.a) Launch script by running node index.js
    6.b) Launch using pm2 by running npm install pm2@latest -g && pm2 start index.js