node-toogoodtogo-watcher

This is a fork of the original Too Good To Go watcher created in order to run it on Heroku.

Node.js cli tool for monitoring your favorite TooGoodToGo businesses. Notifications are shown when the stock of any of the businesses changes. The following notification types are supported:

• Console output
• Telegram chat message
• Heroku intergration

Installation

1. Install Node.js 8.x or higher (Windows | Linux | OSx).
2. npm install -g toogoodtogo-watcher
3. toogoodtogo-watcher config. Fill in your TooGoodToGo account details. Optionally enable / disable certain notifications. See Configuring Telegram notifiations for instructions on setting up the Telegram notifications.
4. toogoodtogo-watcher login. Click the link in the login email (on PC, not on phone).
5. toogoodtogo-watcher watch

CLI documentation

Usage: toogoodtogo-watcher <command>

Commands:
  config        Edit the config file.
  config-reset  Reset the config to the default values.
  config-path   Show the path of the config file.
  login         Request a login email.
  watch         Watch your favourite busininesses for changes.

Options:
  --help     Show help                                                 [boolean]
  --version  Show version number                                       [boolean]

Configuring Telegram notifications

1. Open a Telegram chat with BotFather.
2. Follow the instructions to create your own bot.
3. Copy the token and enter it in the configuration via toogoodtogo-watcher config, and set enabled to true.
4. Start the application toogoodtogo-watcher watch
5. Click the t.me/BOTNAME link from the BotFather chat message.
6. Press BEGIN.
7. Your bot should greet you, and show a notification about your favorites. Note: the bot will show the favorites which you configured. Multiple people can connect to the bot to get updates about these favorites.

Docker Compose

1. Create the following directory structure.

     my-docker-compose-stuff
     │   docker-compose.yaml
     │
     └───toogoodtogo-watcher
     │   config.json
   

2. Create a directory toogoodtogo-watcher inside the created directory, and copy the config.defaults.json to toogoodtogo-watcher/config.json. See above for instructions on how to configure the application.

3. Create a file docker-compose.yaml: my-docker-compose-stuff

4. Copy the config.defaults.json to toogoodtogo-watcher/config.json. See above for instructions on how to configure the application.

5. Create a file docker-compose.yaml

     version: "3"
     image: marklagendijk/toogoodtogo-watcher
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
       - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
     volumes:
       - ./toogoodtogo-watcher:/home/node/.config/toogoodtogo-watcher-nodejs

Heroku integration

Create a new app and set these Config Vars (in App > Settings):

• TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
• TGTG_EMAIL

Test locally

Create an .env file and add the environment variables, then run:

heroku local

TODO

• List favourite business command