PowerOutageNotifier

A Windows service, written in .NET Framework 4.8 to send Telegram notifications when:

1. a planned power outage is scheduled in Belgrade, Serbia
2. a planned water outage is scheduled in Belgrade, Serbia
3. an unplanned water outage occurs in Belgrade, Serbia
4. a parking fine is received in Belgrade, Serbia

Quick Setup and Install

1. Follow these instructions to create your own bot
2. Send "/token" to BotFather to obtain the token for your bot and replace the token in the bot-token.example.txt file
3. Rename the bot-token.example.txt file to bot-token.txt
4. Send "/my_id" to https://t.me/get_id_bot
   Note down your Chat ID which the bot will tell you
   Example: Your Chat ID = 123456
5. In userdata.example.csv, replace "123456" with your Chat ID
6. Replace the "Палилула" and "САВЕ МРКАЉА" with your own District Name and Street Name
7. Rename userdata.example.csv to userdata.csv
8. Build the project in Visual Studio
9. From an admin console run install.bat
   Note: install.bat uses installutil, which needs to be installed beforehand. This tool is automatically installed with Visual Studio.
10. Press Win+R and type "services.msc" then press "OK"
    
11. Double-check in Services that the PowerOutageNotifier is running and that the startup is set to "automatic"
    
12. Double-check that the Bot you created sent you a message "Service running on <computer_name>"