Sembako Bot

A Telegram chat bot to send daily prices of various sembako.

What is Sembako?

Sembako is an abbreviation in Indonesian language for sembilan bahan pokok (English translation: nine main (food) commodities). It refers to 9 necessities for daily living. These commodities are:

• Rice, sago and corn
• Sugar (esp. granulated sugar)
• Vegetables dan fruits
• Meat and fish
• Cooking oil and margarine
• Milk
• Egg
• Kerosene (for cooking) and/or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
• Salt

While initially this bot doesn't cover every item in sembako, it is easy to add more items.

How to Use Bot

1. Add @tele_sembako_bot in Telegram.
   • Currently, the bot is only in Indonesian language, due to specific nature of sembako.
2. Start by using /start command.

Run Locally

Install Dependencies

1. Install Python 3.9.10 and pip3.
2. Run pip3 install -r requirements.txt.
   • If you are using Mac M1 series and you cannot install psycopg2, follow this guide.

Run The Server

Run uvicorn main:app --reload. Now, you can access the server at port 8000.

Tech Stack

• Programming language: Python 3.9.10
• Framework: FastAPI
• Server: serverless, using Google Cloud Run.
• Scheduler: Google Cloud Scheduler.

How to Contribute

Financial Support (for Indonesians only)

You can use /donate menu to see the information regarding available methods of donation.

Technical Support

You can contribute in this repo, by creating unit tests, doing refactors, or adding other features.

References

• Setup GCP Cloud functions Triggering by Cloud Schedulers with Terraform
• Deploy a Dockerized FastAPI App to Google Cloud Platform
• The 'ABC' of Abstract Base Classes