Inspiration
Primary motivation comes from the curiosity to know the realtime live statistics of covid19
What it does
The hack basically send text messages to the user regarding the realtime statistics of coronavirus cases and if there is any sudden surge in the cases in the nearby region
How I built it
Initially the ui path scrapes the coronavirus statistics website for live data. The data is then stored in csv file The python script reads the data at repeated intervals and triggers twilio api Twilio then sends text sms to the user The Python server runs 24*7 as it is deployed on Gcp
Challenges I ran into
Connecting UI path to python script through common csv file
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Glad that I learnt UI Path automation and could deploy python script on GCP
What I learned
Learnt web based data scraping using UI Path automation Learnt sending text sms using twilio api
What's next for CovidNotify
Furthermore the hack could be extended to cater to location specific statistics. Immediate notificattons in case of high risk situations. Adding important news regarding lockdown
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