aws-informer

aws informer

this dms you on telegram that a script running on your massive aws server has completed running.

how does it work

Just add "informer" before the your command that takes lot of time to run.

$ informer cargo run --release

Once the command finishes running, the bot will send a message to your telegram.

setup instructions

1. Install this globally

npm i -g aws-informer

1. Make sure it is in the path

informer --version

1. Setup telegram bot: https://telegram.me/BotFather and get the TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN.
2. Get your chat id, you can get it from the APIs. One easy way is: https://telegram.me/get_id_bot
3. Add your .env file

vim ~/.aws-informer.env

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=214554873:BAFaRuRwRyRRX-ncRSRS4q8QRBpGRnpRBRg # this is example token of your bot
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=834835405 # this is your chat id (unique to your telegram account)

1. Try informer --test. It should send you a test message.