Direktbostader-Chrome

A server-app for checking Studentbostäder's website for new apartments. The standard link checks after accommodations on first come, first served' basis

Prerequisites

Here is the software and what version i know its currently working on

Python 3.7.3
Selenium 3.141.0
Twilio 6.29.1
Requests 2.22.0
ChromeDriver 75.0.3770.140
configparser 3.7.4

New Features

• Support for Chromedriver instead of deprecated Phanomjs support in Selenium
• Fixed Selenium checking as it crashed with chrome
• Setting to Enable/Disable Headless mode
• Showing time while checking so you can be sure its not frozen and removing INFO messages from Chrome
• Sending SMS with Twillio
• A proper settings file
• Now sends out the welcome message on Pushbullet and Twilio
• This readme

Original Features

• PhantomJS with Selenium(Support is deprecated)
• PushBullet api to interact with Pushbullet
• Selenium to check available accommodations
• Already seen apartments in a file.

Getting Started

Tested on Windows but i don't see why it should not work in Linux

On the first run the program will create a settings.ini file Here is a example config

Example Config

[DEFAULT]
headless = true
interval = 30
url = https://www.studentbostader.se/sv/sok-bostad/lediga-bostader?actionId=&omraden=&egenskaper=SNABB&oboTyper=#&pagination=0&paginationantal=1000#
crashreportnotification = True

[Pushbullet]
enabled = True
firstpushbullet = False
token = o.ojfs9hjsehf3420i529562h34hu9234
emails = myEmail@domain.com,my2Email@domain.com

[Twilio]
enabled = true
firsttwilio = False
accountsid = ybdsahusdhqrhu3hurh9q3re3
authtoken = uh41hu43pfdhnufh223uh4r2
fromphonenumber = +46numberhere
tophonenumbers = +46numberhere,+46numberhere

Twilio is for receiving the info by SMS P.S you can get free trial with more then enough balance Pushbullet is for receiving the info with a push notification on your phone

Running the program

Run direktbostader.py

First time running a module(twilio/pushbullet) you should recive a welcome message on the service to check that it is working Example "You will now receive a Pusbullet when a apartment becomes available on the provided link"

This how the program should look when running. Updating the current time when it checks(currently every 30 seconds)

Built With

• Twilio - A module for using the Twilio REST API and generating valid TwiML.
• Selenium - A browser automation framework and ecosystem
• ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome
• PushBullet - Send notifications to your phone
• ConfigParser - A config

Credits

• Daniel Roos RoosDaniel - For making the initial program - direktbostader