WHIB Bot

WHIB (Where Have I Been) Bot (can be accessed at t.me/whibBY_bot) is a microservice-based application that allows users to track their travels around Belarus and generates maps of visited regions/districts. It includes the following components:

Architecture

• Flask Web App: Provides a REST API for managing user data and map generation.
• Redis: Used for caching data to improve performance.
• PostGIS Database: Stores and processes geographic user data.
• Telegram Bot: Asynchronous bot for user interaction and API communication.

Libraries Used

Telegram Bot

• python-telegram-bot
• aiohttp

Web App

• API:
  • Flask
• Database Operations and ORM:
  • Flask-SQLAlchemy
  • GeoAlchemy2
• Map Visualization:
  • Geopandas
  • Matplotlib

Features

• Travel Tracking: Log and manage travel data through the Telegram bot — either find a place by its name or attach the location.
• Map Generation: Generate maps highlighting visited regions or districts.
• High Performance: Utilizes Redis caching and asynchronous processing for efficiency.

Example of the generated map: