Detects downtime on your local PC and sends an automated complaint to PLDT. It currently sends a complaint to Twitter only. FB messenger may be supported in the future as the need arises. I might directly hook into their ticketing system if their customer support ignores me.
This requires bash on a standard Linux/Unix environment. It depends on curl and twurl.
If you're using Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install curl
Refer to your OS' docs on the specific steps to install curl on your system.
Install twurl:
$ sudo apt-get install ruby
$ sudo gem install twurl
Authorize twurl:
First, apply for a developer account to access the Twitter APIs:
https://developer.twitter.com/en/apply-for-access
Then, go to the Twitter Developer Page, and create an app. Once you've created an app, generate your Consumer API keys and authorize your account:
$ twurl authorize --consumer-key <key> \
--consumer-secret <secret>
After you've finished installing the prerequisites, the final step is to copy monitor.config.example to monitor.config and edit the following lines:
#################### EDIT HERE ####################
PLDT_ACCOUNT_NUMBER=1234567890
EMAIL_ADDRESS=simoncpu@example.org
COMPLAINT_MESSAGE="DSL is disconnected. LED status is RED."
LOG_FILE=/var/log/pldtcomplaints.log
#################### EDIT HERE ####################
To execute once:
$ ./monitor.sh
To execute every 30 seconds:
$ while true; do ./monitor.sh; sleep 30; done
To execute every minute via crontab, open the crontab file:
$ crontab -e
Paste this entry:
* * * * * /path/to/monitor.sh
Simon Cornelius P. Umacob