ISS Location Bot

A bot that periodically posts the location of the International Space Station to the Fediverse. Powered by BotKit.

Setup

1. Install Deno.
2. Clone this repository.
3. Run deno task dev to start the bot.

Configuration

The bot expects the following environment variables to be set:

• SERVER_NAME - The name of the server hosting the bot.

You can set these variables in a .env file in the root of the project.

How to run the bot locally

1. Run fedify tunnel 8000 to create a tunnel.
2. Copy the URL shown e.g. https://xxxxxx.xxx.xx and assign to the SERVER_NAME variable in the .env file.
3. Run deno task dev to start the bot.
4. Go to https://activitypub.academy/
5. Search for the bot and follow it.

How the bot works

The bot will post the location of the ISS every hour.

You can also ask the bot "who's in space?" and it will reply with the current people in space.

Technical details

API is from OpenNotify.

License

MIT.