Because of the high demand, small number of slots and inability to manually make an appointment for a visa to Spain, it became necessary to write code for the bot, which will monitor the availability of slots in the embassy.
I am an hobbyist, not a professional developer. I developed this bot for myself and it is currently in the testing phase, but it has already helped me make an appointment with the embassy.
If you have any questions about this bot, I will try to answer them. My telegram: @vadim_sobinin (I communicate in Russian and English)
Quick Guide on how to run this project on your computer.
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Make sure you have or install one of the latest versions of Google Chrome (older versions can cause errors)
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Make sure you have or install Python from the official website: python.org/downloads/
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Download the project code and open a terminal or code editor from the project file.
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Install and activate the virtual environment using two commands:
python3 -m venv venv
and for Windows use:
venv\Scripts\activate.bat
for Linux and MacOS:
source venv/bin/activate
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Install all the necessary dependencies for this project into the virtual environment with the command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
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Once you have finished loading the dependencies, you can run the project with the command:
python visa_bot.py