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US-visa-appointment-notifier

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This is just a script I put together to check and notify me via email (MailGun) when there's an earlier date before my initial appointment date. It doesn't handle rescheduling.

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# Installation Guide

1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/theoomoregbee/US-visa-appointment-notifier

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd US-visa-appointment-notifier

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Node.js

Easy Recommended

Prerequisites

Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
Node.js Node.js must be installed to use npm. The LTS version is recommended.

$ npm start

Starts the development/run server.

✅ After running the command, open the address shown in the terminal (usually something like http://localhost:3000) in your browser.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

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# US-visa-appointment-notifier

This is just a script I put together to check and notify me via email ([MailGun](https://www.mailgun.com/)) when there's an earlier date before my initial appointment date. It doesn't handle **rescheduling**.

```
$ npm start
=====>>> Step: starting process with 250 tries left
=====>>> Step: logging in
=====>>> Step: checking for schedules
[{"date":"2023-02-08","business_day":true},{"date":"2023-04-26","business_day":true},{"date":"2023-10-11","business_day":true}]
=====>>> Step: starting process with 249 tries left
=====>>> Step: checking for schedules
[{"date":"2023-04-26","business_day":true},{"date":"2023-10-11","business_day":true}]
=====>>> Step: starting process with 248 tries left
=====>>> Step: checking for schedules
[{"date":"2023-10-11","business_day":true}]
=====>>> Step: sending an email to schedule for 2023-10-11
...
```

![email notification sample](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theoomoregbee/US-visa-appointment-notifier/main/email-screen-shot.png)

## How it works

* Logs you into the portal
* checks for schedules by day 
* If there's a date before your initial appointment, it notifies you via email
* If no dates found, the process waits for set amount of seconds to cool down before restarting and will stop when it reaches the set max retries.

> see `config.js` or `.env.example` for values you can configure

## Configuration

copy the example configuration file exampe in `.env.example`, rename the copied version to `.env` and replace the values.

### MailGun config values

You can create a free account with https://www.mailgun.com/ which should be sufficient and use the provided sandbox domain on your dashboard. The `MAILGUN_API_KEY` can be found in your Mailgun dashboard, it starts with `key-xxxxxx`. You'll need to add authorised recipients to your sandbox domain for free accounts

## FAQ

* How do I get my facility ID - https://github.com/theoomoregbee/US-visa-appointment-notifier/issues/3
* How do I get my schedule ID - https://github.com/theoomoregbee/US-visa-appointment-notifier/issues/8, https://github.com/theoomoregbee/US-visa-appointment-notifier/issues/7#issuecomment-1372565292
* How to setup Mailgun Authorised recipients - https://github.com/theoomoregbee/US-visa-appointment-notifier/issues/5

## How to use it

* clone the repo 
* run `npm i` within the cloned repo directory
* start the process with `npm start`