notion-weightbot

This is a really simple Telegram Bot which records the current weight of the user. It then stores the records as:

• CSV File.
• Notion Database.

Motivation

I needed a simple way to log my daily weights. I've used some Android apps in past but when I was unable to export the data or restore from a backup it left a sour experience. I wanted to visualise in a better way as well, which I thought could be possible once I have a better control on the data format.

Deploying

Please read Notion API Authorization Guide for creating an Integration and granting access to the Database.

Binary

• Clone this repo and use make build to produce the binary.
• Get a Telegram Token by registering for a new bot with @botfather. Add this token to .env. You can check env.sample for the format.
• make run will simply run the binary.

Docker

• After cloning the repo you can use make build-docker-${ARCH} which will produce the docker image based on the arch of the machine you're running it on.

Currently supported archs are:

• amd64
• arm32v7

docker run --restart always --env-file .env --mount type=bind,source=/data/weightbot/weight.csv,target=/app/weight.csv weightbot/arm32v7:latest

Env Variables

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=
WEIGHTBOT_CSV_FILE=
NOTION_DB_ID=
NOTION_API_TOKEN=

Backup CSV

I have a cronjob set to dump this CSV to a private repo in my gitea instance. Since that instance backups to my B2 as well, it's just more convinient for me that ways.

crontab entry:

# m h  dom mon dow   command
0 11 * * * /home/pi/weightloss/backup.sh

backup script:

#/bin/bash

set -o
set -e

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/gitea

cp /data/weightbot/weight.csv /home/pi/weightloss/weight.csv

git add --all

git commit -am "Automated update"
git push origin main