Namma BESCOM Twitter Bot

A bot that tracks tweets from Namma BESCOM about power outages in Bangalore and sends a direct message to me if my area is affected with information about the restoration time.

Dependencies

1. Node >= v10.21.0
2. npm >= 6.14.4

Setup

Twitter Setup

1. Create a twitter developer account. https://developer.twitter.com/en/apply-for-access
2. Create an app on the twitter developer console. https://developer.twitter.com/en/apps
3. Copy the consumer keys and the access keys for the created app.

Project Setup

1. Either fork or download the app and open the folder in the cli
2. Install all dependencies using the npm i command
3. Update the config.js file with the twitter credentials

Run

To start the app, run:

$ node app.js

Output

A message received from the app when there is a power outage in my area.