moneyChatBot

A money chat bot that keep track of expenses

Table of contents

• General info
• Technologies
• Setup

General info

Money chat bot created to help users keep track on money. Each transaction been save to database and the user can export the data to Excel file.

Technologies

The project created with:

• python 3.9
• flask
• postgresSQl
• telegram bot

Setup

Make sure you have python and virtualenv in your computer.

In the project directory run:
Linux \ MacOS:

$ virtualenv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt

Windows:

$ virtualenv venv && venv\Scripts\activate && pip install -r requirements.txt

Create .env file as following: Replace Value with the real value

PSQL_KEY=Value
API_KEY=Value
TELEGRAM_ID=Value
Admin_Username=Value
Admin_Password=Value
Flask_Secret_Key=Value

Navigate to project folder and run:

$ python run.py

Keep in mind:

backup.sql file can use to create a database with appropriate values and columns.

Do not forget to add TELEGRAM_ID value to authorized_users.txt file

Another feature is an admin website that can be access on port 8080 on host ip, The admin website can be used for accepting new users requests.

If you wish to use the bot in a production mode

Add production lines: to run.py file

from waitress import serve

Replace app.run with production line

serve(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8080)

Run this command on production

$ nohup python run.py > log.txt 2>&1 &