OLX Telegram Bot

This bot monitors OLX for new apartment listings in Krakow and notifies users via Telegram. It now uses the OLX API for data retrieval and includes enhanced features for a better user experience.

Features

• Monitors OLX for new apartment listings using the OLX API.
• Allows users to set filters: price range, locations.
• Reset filters to default.
• Provides a command selection menu for easy navigation.
• Sends new listings to users with details.
• Users can start and stop the search.

Commands

• /start - Start the bot and show the main menu.
• /menu - Display the main command menu.
• /help - Show available commands.
• /setprice - Set the price range.
• /addlocation - Add a district to search.
• /removelocation - Remove a district from the search.
• /getfilters - Show current filters.
• /resetfilters - Reset all filters to default.
• /search - Start searching for new listings.
• /stop - Stop searching for new listings.

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/oukmzli/olx-telegram-bot.git
   cd olx-telegram-bot

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Create a .env file and add your Telegram bot token:

   echo "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_bot_token_here" > .env

4. Run the bot:

   python bot.py

Docker Deployment

1. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t olx-telegram-bot .

2. Run the Docker container with database volume and environment variable:

   docker run -d \
   --name olx-bot \
   --env TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_bot_token_here \
   -v /path/on/host/listings.db:/app/listings.db \
   olx-telegram-bot

   Replace /path/on/host/listings.db with the actual path on your host machine where you want to store the database.

   Ensure that when running the Docker container, you pass the TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN via the --env flag as per your instructions.

olx-telegram-bot/ ├── bot.py ├── db.py ├── olx_scraper.py ├── districts.py ├── requirements.txt ├── .gitignore ├── Dockerfile ├── .env (not included in version control) └── README.md