KlikVoorKamers New Listings Notifier

This Python script checks for new listings on klikvoorkamers.nl and sends notifications through a Telegram bot.

Features

• Checks for new listings periodically.
• Can be run as a systemd service on Linux for background execution and automatic restarts. I run it on my Raspberry Pi.
• Sends Telegram notifications with listing URL, ID and price.
• Configurable through a YAML file.

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• Required libraries (install using pip install -r requirements.txt):
  • requests
  • python-telegram-bot
  • pyyaml

Setup

1. Create a Telegram Bot:
   • Talk to the BotFather on Telegram and create a new bot.
   • Get the bot token and save it.
2. Configure variables.yml:

chat_ids:
- '12345678'
listings:
- '55555'
tg_token: <telegram_bot_token>
verbosity: debug

• Set tg_token to your bot token.
• Set chat_ids to a list of Telegram chat IDs to send notifications to. You can determine the chat IDs by running test_bot() after starting the bot in the Telegram app and sending any message to it.
• Set verbosity to the desired logging level (e.g., "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING").
• For now, storing the listings' IDs in the text file should be sufficient for the number of posted ads.

3. Run the script:
   • Manually: python main.py
   • As a systemd service (Linux):
     1. Copy the provided klikvoorkamers.service file to /etc/systemd/system/
     2. Remember to modify the paths before using it! Edit the file and replace <path to> with the actual path to your script and Python executable.
     3. Reload systemd: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
     4. Start the service: sudo systemctl start klikvoorkamers.service
     5. (Optional) Enable the service to start automatically on boot: sudo systemctl enable klikvoorkamers.service

Usage

The script will run continuously, checking for new listings every 10 minutes. When a new listing is found, it will send a notification to the specified Telegram chats.

Logging

Logs are written to a file named logging.log in the same directory as the script.