Rain Alert

A python code that sends an alert in the form of a text message to the user's mobile number when it's going to rain within the next 12 hours in the user's mentioned location.

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Tools

• Twilio
• OpenWeather
• LatLong.net
• PythonAnywhere (for deployment)

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

OWP_API_KEY TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN SENDERS_NUMBER RECEIVERS_NUMBER LATITUDE LONGITUDE

Refer to the env template

Run Locally

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/sejalabrol/rain-alert

Go to the project directory

  cd rain-alert

Create a .env file and enter environment variables

  cp .env.template .env

Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended)

  python -m venv venv
  source venv/Scripts/activate

Install dependencies

  pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the project

  python main.py

Deployment

This project is deployed on PythonAnywhere