SNK Alert

Within the first week of (almost) every month, a new chapter of Shingeki no Kyojin is posted on r/ShingekiNoKyojin

This app sends me an email alert whenever that happens

About SNK

Shingeki no Kyojin (also known as Attack on Titan) is an immensely popular Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It has been adapted for an anime series of the same name who's 4th and final season will be released in Dec, 2020. Read the official wiki to know more

How it works

• Get the latest post by u/SNKBot using the Reddit API

• Run 3 checks on the post:

  • Post's title matches the title of previous latest chapter posts
  • Post has the Latest Chapter flair
  • Post has not been detected by this program previously (to avoid spamming email recepients every 2 minutes)

• If all checks pass it sends the email and adds the post to a database

How to use it

Run on Heroku

1. Run git clone https://github.com/notadilnaqvi/snk-alert.git

2. Then run heroku create. This will create a new app visible on your Heroku dashboard. Open the app and go to the Resources tab

3. From here, disable the default web dyno and add and enable a worker dyno

4. Now go to the Settings tab and add the following environment variables:

   • GMAIL_USER : your Gmail ID
   • GMAIL_PASSWORD : your Gmail password
   • GMAIL_RECEPIENT : receient's Email ID
   • GMAIL_CC : Email ID to cc the Email to
   • DB_USER : MongoDB user ID
   • DB_PASSWORD : MongoDB password

5. Run git push heroku master. Your app should now be up and running

6. Run heroku logs --tail to see the latest logs

Run locally on your machine

1. Run git clone https://github.com/notadilnaqvi/snk-alert.git. This downloads the this repository on your machine

2. Then run npm install. This downloads all the npm packages needed to run this Node app. This might take sometime depending on your internet connection

3. Inside the snk-alert folder, make a .env file. Open this file and add the following environment variables:

   • GMAIL_USER = your Gmail ID
   • GMAIL_PASSWORD = your Gmail password
   • GMAIL_RECEPIENT = receient's Email ID
   • GMAIL_CC = Email ID to cc the Email to
   • DB_USER = MongoDB user ID
   • DB_PASSWORD = MongoDB password

4. Now run node app.js. Your app should now be up and running

Why don't I, you know, just turn Reddit notifications on?

Because.