README.md

fxcrawler

A simple fxcrawler to determine when is the best time to exchange currency on FSM.

Pre-Requisites

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip python3-dev build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-setuptools python3-venv mongodb

Create a virtualenv and activate the virtual environment

virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate

Set up geckodriver, download from https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases

sudo cp geckodriver /usr/bin/geckodriver

Install the requirements

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Add environment variables in ~/.bash_profile

vim ~/.bash_profile
export bot_token=tele_bot_token
export chat_id=bot_chat_id

Running at an interval of 30 minutes

watch --interval=3600 python web_scraper.py 

Alternatively, using crontab:

crontab -e

Add the following line:
*/30 * * * * cd /home/dev/fxcrawler-telegram-bot && . /home/dev/.bash_profile && env/bin/python3 web_scraper.py

sudo service crontab reload