Hackathon Notifier Bot

This bot automatically scrapes hackathon listings from Devfolio, sends notifications to a WhatsApp group, and stores the information in a MongoDB database.

Features

• Scrapes hackathon listings from Devfolio
• Sends notifications to a WhatsApp group
• Stores hackathon information in MongoDB
• Runs on a schedule to check for new hackathons regularly

Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express.js
• Axios
• Cheerio
• @whiskeysockets/baileys (for WhatsApp integration)
• MongoDB
• node-schedule

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/anshaneja5/hackathon-wa-bot.git
   

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

   URI=your_mongodb_uri
   GROUP_ID=your_whatsapp_group_id
   

4. Run the bot:

   node server.js
   

How It Works

1. The bot establishes a connection to WhatsApp using the Baileys library.
2. It connects to a MongoDB database to store hackathon information.
3. A scraping job is scheduled to run at regular intervals.
4. The bot scrapes hackathon listings from Devfolio.
5. For each new hackathon found:
   • A message is sent to the specified WhatsApp group.
   • The hackathon information is stored in the MongoDB database.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

Acknowledgements

• Devfolio for providing the hackathon listings.
• Baileys for the WhatsApp Web API.

Contact

For any queries or suggestions, please open an issue on this repository.