pc-monitor-bot/README.md

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PC-Monitor-Bot

A bot intended to check the state of your PC (screenshots and check if locked)

Setup

  • Install scrot, python3, pip3 using your package manager.
    • Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S scrot python python-pip
    • Debian: sudo apt install python3 python3-pip scrot
  • Install python-telegram-bot
    • System-wide installation: pip3 install python-telegram-bot
    • User installation: pip3 install --user python-telegram-bot
  • git clone https://gitlab.com/ceda_ei/pc-monitor-bot
  • cd pc-monitor-bot
  • Create a bot with BotFather
  • Copy the sample config file and edit it
    • cp sample.config.py config.py
    • Edit config.py using a text editor
  • python3 bot.py
  • Add python3 lock.py lock and python3 lock.py unlock around your lock script to send messages when screen is locked and unlocked.