PokéSlack

Get Slack messages posted to a #pokealert channel for rare Pokemon close to you. Get walking directions from your search position and the time it expires.

Create your Slack Webhook

Create a new webhook for a channel named #pokealerts
https://my.slack.com/services/new/incoming-webhook/
And use the web hook url as the SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL in your .env / Heroku config.

Configuration

Create an .env file at the project root with the following content filled out. Do not use your main PokemonGo account information.

AUTH_SERVICE=google/ptc
USERNAME=account@gmail.com
PASSWORD=password
LOCATION_NAME=Some location, USA
RARITY_LIMIT=3
SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXX
DISTANCE_UNIT=meters/miles
NUM_STEPS=5

Pokemon Data

This project contains a file pokedata.csv where you can customize the assigned rarity to each Pokemon. Receive notifications for any Pokemon with rarity at RARITY_LIMIT or higher and at a distance walkable before the expiration time.

Running

Locally:

pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

Using Heroku:

heroku local

Deploying to Heroku

Ideas for improvement

Check out the wiki for a roadmap

Credits

This project builds on existing PokemonGo APIs and integrations:
https://github.com/tejado/pgoapi
https://github.com/AHAAAAAAA/PokemonGo-Map
@mastermindmatt for the rarity data in pokedata.csv

Donations

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