abhinavdc/cowin-pinger

Get notified on your phone when there is a vaccine slot available at your location, by running a script on your computer. Uses Cowin portal's public API.

COWIN VACCINE AVAILABILITY NOTIFIER

Get notified on your phone when there is a vaccine slot available at your location, by running a script on your computer. Uses Co-Win public APIs.

Update: Now works without IFTTT by playing a notification sound when a slot is found.

GETTING STARTED

Install node, if not already installed. Then run the following command:

npx cowin-pinger run --age=<YOUR-AGE> --district=<DISTRICT-ID> --dose=<DOSE-NO>

Replace the arguments above with the required values like mentioned below

• Replace <YOUR-AGE> with your age.

• Replace <DISTRICT-ID> with your district's id from this list.

• Replace <DOSE-NO> with either 1 or 2 for first dose and second dose respectively.

Optional arguments accepted:

• Pass --vaccine=<VACCINE-NAME> to search for specific vaccine. Accepted values are COVISHIELD, COVAXIN and SPUTNIK.
• Pass --interval=<INTERVAL-IN-MINUTES> to change the frequency of calling Cowin API (default is 10 mins).
• Pass --date=<DATE> to search for slots after a particular date. Date must be in dd-mm-yyyy format (default is today's date).
• Pass --appts=<APPOINTMENT-COUNT> to specify the number of session details you want to receive in the notification (default is 2).
• Pass --pin=<YOUR-AREA-PIN-CODE> to search for available slots based on pin code. (<DISTRICT-ID> is not required and will be ignored if searching by PIN)
• Pass --type=<VACCINE-TYPE> to search for vaccine centers based on price. Accepted values are free, paid and all. (default is all)
• Pass --keep-alive=<KEEP-ALIVE-FLAG> to continue search even after slots are found. Accepted values are true and false. (default is false)

(Note: Search by District is recommended as searching by PINCODE will have lower chances of finding a slot)

IFTTT Integration (Optional)

By integrating with IFTTT you can recieve the notification on your phone. Wondering what IFTTT is ? Read here - #21

• Setting Up IFTTT

  • Follow the steps mentioned in the article to setup IFTTT.

  • Install IFTTT App on phone to recieve notifications

  • Test if you receive notification like mentioned in the article above.

• Run Cowin-Pinger with IFTTT Configuration

  npx cowin-pinger run --key=<IFTTT-KEY> --hook=<IFTTT-WEBHOOK-NAME> --age=<YOUR-AGE> --district=<DISTRICT-ID>
  

  • Replace <IFTTT-KEY> with your WebHook Key from IFTTT.

  • Replace <IFTTT-WEBHOOK-NAME> with the name you used for the WebHook in IFTTT.

District IDs

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

• 3: Nicobar
• 1: North and Middle Andaman
• 2: South Andaman

Andhra Pradesh

• 9: Anantapur
• 10: Chittoor
• 11: East Godavari
• 5: Guntur
• 4: Krishna
• 7: Kurnool
• 12: Prakasam
• 13: Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore
• 14: Srikakulam
• 8: Visakhapatnam
• 15: Vizianagaram
• 16: West Godavari
• 6: YSR District, Kadapa (Cuddapah)

Arunachal Pradesh

• 22: Anjaw
• 20: Changlang
• 25: Dibang Valley
• 23: East Kameng
• 42: East Siang
• 17: Itanagar Capital Complex
• 24: Kamle
• 27: Kra Daadi
• 21: Kurung Kumey
• 33: Lepa Rada
• 29: Lohit
• 40: Longding
• 31: Lower Dibang Valley
• 18: Lower Siang
• 32: Lower Subansiri
• 36: Namsai
• 19: Pakke Kessang
• 39: Papum Pare
• 35: Shi Yomi
• 37: Siang
• 30: Tawang
• 26: Tirap
• 34: Upper Siang
• 41: Upper Subansiri
• 28: West Kameng
• 38: West Siang

Assam

• 46: Baksa
• 47: Barpeta
• 765: Biswanath
• 57: Bongaigaon
• 66: Cachar
• 766: Charaideo
• 58: Chirang
• 48: Darrang
• 62: Dhemaji
• 59: Dhubri
• 43: Dibrugarh
• 67: Dima Hasao
• 60: Goalpara
• 53: Golaghat
• 68: Hailakandi
• 764: Hojai
• 54: Jorhat
• 49: Kamrup Metropolitan
• 50: Kamrup Rural
• 51: Karbi-Anglong
• 69: Karimganj
• 61: Kokrajhar
• 63: Lakhimpur
• 767: Majuli
• 55: Morigaon
• 56: Nagaon
• 52: Nalbari
• 44: Sivasagar
• 64: Sonitpur
• 768: South Salmara Mankachar
• 45: Tinsukia
• 65: Udalguri
• 769: West Karbi Anglong

Bihar

• 74: Araria
• 78: Arwal
• 77: Aurangabad
• 83: Banka
• 98: Begusarai
• 82: Bhagalpur
• 99: Bhojpur
• 100: Buxar
• 94: Darbhanga
• 105: East Champaran
• 79: Gaya
• 104: Gopalganj
• 107: Jamui
• 91: Jehanabad
• 80: Kaimur
• 75: Katihar
• 101: Khagaria
• 76: Kishanganj
• 84: Lakhisarai
• 70: Madhepura
• 95: Madhubani
• 85: Munger
• 86: Muzaffarpur
• 90: Nalanda
• 92: Nawada
• 97: Patna
• 73: Purnia
• 81: Rohtas
• 71: Saharsa
• 96: Samastipur
• 102: Saran
• 93: Sheikhpura
• 87: Sheohar
• 88: Sitamarhi
• 103: Siwan
• 72: Supaul
• 89: Vaishali
• 106: West Champaran

Chandigarh

108 Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

• 110: Balod
• 111: Baloda bazar
• 112: Balrampur
• 113: Bastar
• 114: Bemetara
• 115: Bijapur
• 116: Bilaspur
• 117: Dantewada
• 118: Dhamtari
• 119: Durg
• 120: Gariaband
• 136: Gaurela Pendra Marwahi
• 121: Janjgir-Champa
• 122: Jashpur
• 123: Kanker
• 135: Kawardha
• 124: Kondagaon
• 125: Korba
• 126: Koriya
• 127: Mahasamund
• 128: Mungeli
• 129: Narayanpur
• 130: Raigarh
• 109: Raipur
• 131: Rajnandgaon
• 132: Sukma
• 133: Surajpur
• 134: Surguja

Dadra And Nagar Haveli

137 Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Delhi

• 141: Central Delhi
• 145: East Delhi
• 140: New Delhi
• 146: North Delhi
• 147: North East Delhi
• 143: North West Delhi
• 148: Shahdara
• 149: South Delhi
• 144: South East Delhi
• 150: South West Delhi
• 142: West Delhi

Goa

• 151: North Goa
• 152: South Goa

Gujarat

• 154: Ahmedabad
• 770: Ahmedabad Corporation
• 174: Amreli
• 179: Anand
• 158: Aravalli
• 159: Banaskantha
• 180: Bharuch
• 175: Bhavnagar
• 771: Bhavnagar Corporation
• 176: Botad
• 181: Chhotaudepur
• 182: Dahod
• 163: Dang
• 168: Devbhumi Dwaraka
• 153: Gandhinagar
• 772: Gandhinagar Corporation
• 177: Gir Somnath
• 169: Jamnagar
• 773: Jamnagar Corporation
• 178: Junagadh
• 774: Junagadh Corporation
• 156: Kheda
• 170: Kutch
• 183: Mahisagar
• 160: Mehsana
• 171: Morbi
• 184: Narmada
• 164: Navsari
• 185: Panchmahal
• 161: Patan
• 172: Porbandar
• 173: Rajkot
• 775: Rajkot Corporation
• 162: Sabarkantha
• 165: Surat
• 776: Surat Corporation
• 157: Surendranagar
• 166: Tapi
• 155: Vadodara
• 777: Vadodara Corporation
• 167: Valsad

Haryana

• 193: Ambala
• 200: Bhiwani
• 201: Charkhi Dadri
• 199: Faridabad
• 196: Fatehabad
• 188: Gurgaon
• 191: Hisar
• 189: Jhajjar
• 204: Jind
• 190: Kaithal
• 203: Karnal
• 186: Kurukshetra
• 206: Mahendragarh
• 205: Nuh
• 207: Palwal
• 187: Panchkula
• 195: Panipat
• 202: Rewari
• 192: Rohtak
• 194: Sirsa
• 198: Sonipat
• 197: Yamunanagar

Himachal Pradesh

• 219: Bilaspur
• 214: Chamba
• 217: Hamirpur
• 213: Kangra
• 216: Kinnaur
• 211: Kullu
• 210: Lahaul Spiti
• 215: Mandi
• 208: Shimla
• 212: Sirmaur
• 209: Solan
• 218: Una

Jammu & Kashmir

• 224: Anantnag
• 223: Bandipore
• 225: Baramulla
• 229: Budgam
• 232: Doda
• 228: Ganderbal
• 230: Jammu
• 234: Kathua
• 231: Kishtwar
• 221: Kulgam
• 226: Kupwara
• 238: Poonch
• 227: Pulwama
• 237: Rajouri
• 235: Ramban
• 239: Reasi
• 236: Samba
• 222: Shopian
• 220: Srinagar
• 233: Udhampur

Jharkhand

• 242: Bokaro
• 245: Chatra
• 253: Deoghar
• 257: Dhanbad
• 258: Dumka
• 247: East Singhbhum
• 243: Garhwa
• 256: Giridih
• 262: Godda
• 251: Gumla
• 255: Hazaribagh
• 259: Jamtara
• 252: Khunti
• 241: Koderma
• 244: Latehar
• 250: Lohardaga
• 261: Pakur
• 246: Palamu
• 254: Ramgarh
• 240: Ranchi
• 260: Sahebganj
• 248: Seraikela Kharsawan
• 249: Simdega
• 263: West Singhbhum

Karnataka

• 270: Bagalkot
• 276: Bangalore Rural
• 265: Bangalore Urban
• 294: BBMP
• 264: Belgaum
• 274: Bellary
• 272: Bidar
• 271: Chamarajanagar
• 273: Chikamagalur
• 291: Chikkaballapur
• 268: Chitradurga
• 269: Dakshina Kannada
• 275: Davanagere
• 278: Dharwad
• 280: Gadag
• 267: Gulbarga
• 289: Hassan
• 279: Haveri
• 283: Kodagu
• 277: Kolar
• 282: Koppal
• 290: Mandya
• 266: Mysore
• 284: Raichur
• 292: Ramanagara
• 287: Shimoga
• 288: Tumkur
• 286: Udupi
• 281: Uttar Kannada
• 293: Vijayapura
• 285: Yadgir

Kerala

• 301: Alappuzha
• 307: Ernakulam
• 306: Idukki
• 297: Kannur
• 295: Kasaragod
• 298: Kollam
• 304: Kottayam
• 305: Kozhikode
• 302: Malappuram
• 308: Palakkad
• 300: Pathanamthitta
• 296: Thiruvananthapuram
• 303: Thrissur
• 299: Wayanad

Ladakh

• 309: Kargil
• 310: Leh

Lakshwadweep islands

• 796: Agatti Island
• 311: Lakshadweep

Madhya Pradesh

• 320: Agar
• 357: Alirajpur
• 334: Anuppur
• 354: Ashoknagar
• 338: Balaghat
• 343: Barwani
• 362: Betul
• 351: Bhind
• 312: Bhopal
• 342: Burhanpur
• 328: Chhatarpur
• 337: Chhindwara
• 327: Damoh
• 350: Datia
• 324: Dewas
• 341: Dhar
• 336: Dindori
• 348: Guna
• 313: Gwalior
• 361: Harda
• 360: Hoshangabad
• 314: Indore
• 315: Jabalpur
• 340: Jhabua
• 353: Katni
• 339: Khandwa
• 344: Khargone
• 335: Mandla
• 319: Mandsaur
• 347: Morena
• 352: Narsinghpur
• 323: Neemuch
• 326: Panna
• 359: Raisen
• 358: Rajgarh
• 322: Ratlam
• 316: Rewa
• 317: Sagar
• 333: Satna
• 356: Sehore
• 349: Seoni
• 332: Shahdol
• 321: Shajapur
• 346: Sheopur
• 345: Shivpuri
• 331: Sidhi
• 330: Singrauli
• 325: Tikamgarh
• 318: Ujjain
• 329: Umaria
• 355: Vidisha

Maharashtra

• 391: Ahmednagar
• 364: Akola
• 366: Amravati
• 397: Aurangabad
• 384: Beed
• 370: Bhandara
• 367: Buldhana
• 380: Chandrapur
• 388: Dhule
• 379: Gadchiroli
• 378: Gondia
• 386: Hingoli
• 390: Jalgaon
• 396: Jalna
• 371: Kolhapur
• 383: Latur
• 395: Mumbai
• 365: Nagpur
• 382: Nanded
• 387: Nandurbar
• 389: Nashik
• 381: Osmanabad
• 394: Palghar
• 385: Parbhani
• 363: Pune
• 393: Raigad
• 372: Ratnagiri
• 373: Sangli
• 376: Satara
• 374: Sindhudurg
• 375: Solapur
• 392: Thane
• 377: Wardha
• 369: Washim
• 368: Yavatmal

Manipur

• 398: Bishnupur
• 399: Chandel
• 400: Churachandpur
• 401: Imphal East
• 402: Imphal West
• 410: Jiribam
• 413: Kakching
• 409: Kamjong
• 408: Kangpokpi
• 412: Noney
• 411: Pherzawl
• 403: Senapati
• 404: Tamenglong
• 407: Tengnoupal
• 405: Thoubal
• 406: Ukhrul

Meghalaya

• 424: East Garo Hills
• 418: East Jaintia Hills
• 414: East Khasi Hills
• 423: North Garo Hills
• 417: Ri-Bhoi
• 421: South Garo Hills
• 422: South West Garo Hills
• 415: South West Khasi Hills
• 420: West Garo Hills
• 416: West Jaintia Hills
• 419: West Khasi Hills

Mizoram

• 425: Aizawl East
• 426: Aizawl West
• 429: Champhai
• 428: Kolasib
• 432: Lawngtlai
• 431: Lunglei
• 427: Mamit
• 430: Serchhip
• 433: Siaha

Nagaland

• 434: Dimapur
• 444: Kiphire
• 441: Kohima
• 438: Longleng
• 437: Mokokchung
• 439: Mon
• 435: Peren
• 443: Phek
• 440: Tuensang
• 436: Wokha
• 442: Zunheboto

Odisha

• 445: Angul
• 448: Balangir
• 447: Balasore
• 472: Bargarh
• 454: Bhadrak
• 468: Boudh
• 457: Cuttack
• 473: Deogarh
• 458: Dhenkanal
• 467: Gajapati
• 449: Ganjam
• 459: Jagatsinghpur
• 460: Jajpur
• 474: Jharsuguda
• 464: Kalahandi
• 450: Kandhamal
• 461: Kendrapara
• 455: Kendujhar
• 446: Khurda
• 451: Koraput
• 469: Malkangiri
• 456: Mayurbhanj
• 470: Nabarangpur
• 462: Nayagarh
• 465: Nuapada
• 463: Puri
• 471: Rayagada
• 452: Sambalpur
• 466: Subarnapur
• 453: Sundargarh

Puducherry

• 476: Karaikal
• 477: Mahe
• 475: Puducherry
• 478: Yanam

Punjab

• 485: Amritsar
• 483: Barnala
• 493: Bathinda
• 499: Faridkot
• 484: Fatehgarh Sahib
• 487: Fazilka
• 480: Ferozpur
• 489: Gurdaspur
• 481: Hoshiarpur
• 492: Jalandhar
• 479: Kapurthala
• 488: Ludhiana
• 482: Mansa
• 491: Moga
• 486: Pathankot
• 494: Patiala
• 497: Rup Nagar
• 498: Sangrur
• 496: SAS Nagar
• 500: SBS Nagar
• 490: Sri Muktsar Sahib
• 495: Tarn Taran

Rajasthan

• 507: Ajmer
• 512: Alwar
• 519: Banswara
• 516: Baran
• 528: Barmer
• 508: Bharatpur
• 523: Bhilwara
• 501: Bikaner
• 514: Bundi
• 521: Chittorgarh
• 530: Churu
• 511: Dausa
• 524: Dholpur
• 520: Dungarpur
• 517: Hanumangarh
• 505: Jaipur I
• 506: Jaipur II
• 527: Jaisalmer
• 533: Jalore
• 515: Jhalawar
• 510: Jhunjhunu
• 502: Jodhpur
• 525: Karauli
• 503: Kota
• 532: Nagaur
• 529: Pali
• 522: Pratapgarh
• 518: Rajsamand
• 534: Sawai Madhopur
• 513: Sikar
• 531: Sirohi
• 509: Sri Ganganagar
• 526: Tonk
• 504: Udaipur

Sikkim

• 535: East Sikkim
• 537: North Sikkim
• 538: South Sikkim
• 536: West Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

• 779: Aranthangi
• 555: Ariyalur
• 578: Attur
• 565: Chengalpet
• 571: Chennai
• 778: Cheyyar
• 539: Coimbatore
• 547: Cuddalore
• 566: Dharmapuri
• 556: Dindigul
• 563: Erode
• 552: Kallakurichi
• 557: Kanchipuram
• 544: Kanyakumari
• 559: Karur
• 780: Kovilpatti
• 562: Krishnagiri
• 540: Madurai
• 576: Nagapattinam
• 558: Namakkal
• 577: Nilgiris
• 564: Palani
• 573: Paramakudi
• 570: Perambalur
• 575: Poonamallee
• 546: Pudukkottai
• 567: Ramanathapuram
• 781: Ranipet
• 545: Salem
• 561: Sivaganga
• 580: Sivakasi
• 551: Tenkasi
• 541: Thanjavur
• 569: Theni
• 554: Thoothukudi (Tuticorin)
• 560: Tiruchirappalli
• 548: Tirunelveli
• 550: Tirupattur
• 568: Tiruppur
• 572: Tiruvallur
• 553: Tiruvannamalai
• 574: Tiruvarur
• 543: Vellore
• 542: Viluppuram
• 549: Virudhunagar

Telangana

• 582: Adilabad
• 583: Bhadradri Kothagudem
• 581: Hyderabad
• 584: Jagtial
• 585: Jangaon
• 586: Jayashankar Bhupalpally
• 587: Jogulamba Gadwal
• 588: Kamareddy
• 589: Karimnagar
• 590: Khammam
• 591: Kumuram Bheem
• 592: Mahabubabad
• 593: Mahabubnagar
• 594: Mancherial
• 595: Medak
• 596: Medchal
• 612: Mulugu
• 597: Nagarkurnool
• 598: Nalgonda
• 613: Narayanpet
• 599: Nirmal
• 600: Nizamabad
• 601: Peddapalli
• 602: Rajanna Sircilla
• 603: Rangareddy
• 604: Sangareddy
• 605: Siddipet
• 606: Suryapet
• 607: Vikarabad
• 608: Wanaparthy
• 609: Warangal(Rural)
• 610: Warangal(Urban)
• 611: Yadadri Bhuvanagiri

Tripura

• 614: Dhalai
• 615: Gomati
• 616: Khowai
• 617: North Tripura
• 618: Sepahijala
• 619: South Tripura
• 620: Unakoti
• 621: West Tripura

Uttar Pradesh

• 622: Agra
• 623: Aligarh
• 625: Ambedkar Nagar
• 626: Amethi
• 627: Amroha
• 628: Auraiya
• 646: Ayodhya
• 629: Azamgarh
• 630: Badaun
• 631: Baghpat
• 632: Bahraich
• 633: Balarampur
• 634: Ballia
• 635: Banda
• 636: Barabanki
• 637: Bareilly
• 638: Basti
• 687: Bhadohi
• 639: Bijnour
• 640: Bulandshahr
• 641: Chandauli
• 642: Chitrakoot
• 643: Deoria
• 644: Etah
• 645: Etawah
• 647: Farrukhabad
• 648: Fatehpur
• 649: Firozabad
• 650: Gautam Buddha Nagar
• 651: Ghaziabad
• 652: Ghazipur
• 653: Gonda
• 654: Gorakhpur
• 655: Hamirpur
• 656: Hapur
• 657: Hardoi
• 658: Hathras
• 659: Jalaun
• 660: Jaunpur
• 661: Jhansi
• 662: Kannauj
• 663: Kanpur Dehat
• 664: Kanpur Nagar
• 665: Kasganj
• 666: Kaushambi
• 667: Kushinagar
• 668: Lakhimpur Kheri
• 669: Lalitpur
• 670: Lucknow
• 671: Maharajganj
• 672: Mahoba
• 673: Mainpuri
• 674: Mathura
• 675: Mau
• 676: Meerut
• 677: Mirzapur
• 678: Moradabad
• 679: Muzaffarnagar
• 680: Pilibhit
• 682: Pratapgarh
• 624: Prayagraj
• 681: Raebareli
• 683: Rampur
• 684: Saharanpur
• 685: Sambhal
• 686: Sant Kabir Nagar
• 688: Shahjahanpur
• 689: Shamli
• 690: Shravasti
• 691: Siddharthnagar
• 692: Sitapur
• 693: Sonbhadra
• 694: Sultanpur
• 695: Unnao
• 696: Varanasi

Uttarakhand

• 704: Almora
• 707: Bageshwar
• 699: Chamoli
• 708: Champawat
• 697: Dehradun
• 702: Haridwar
• 709: Nainital
• 698: Pauri Garhwal
• 706: Pithoragarh
• 700: Rudraprayag
• 701: Tehri Garhwal
• 705: Udham Singh Nagar
• 703: Uttarkashi

West Bengal

• 710: Alipurduar District
• 711: Bankura
• 712: Basirhat HD (North 24 Parganas)
• 713: Birbhum
• 714: Bishnupur HD (Bankura)
• 715: Cooch Behar
• 783: COOCHBEHAR
• 716: Dakshin Dinajpur
• 717: Darjeeling
• 718: Diamond Harbor HD (S 24 Parganas)
• 719: East Bardhaman
• 720: Hoogly
• 721: Howrah
• 722: Jalpaiguri
• 723: Jhargram
• 724: Kalimpong
• 725: Kolkata
• 726: Malda
• 727: Murshidabad
• 728: Nadia
• 729: Nandigram HD (East Medinipore)
• 730: North 24 Parganas
• 731: Paschim Medinipore
• 732: Purba Medinipore
• 733: Purulia
• 734: Rampurhat HD (Birbhum)
• 735: South 24 Parganas
• 736: Uttar Dinajpur
• 737: West Bardhaman

Daman&Diu

• 138: Daman
• 139: Diu

Himachal Pradesh

• 791: Chamba
• 795: Kangra
• 792: Kinnaur
• 793: Mandi
• 794: Shimla

Developer Todo

• Option to read config from a local file instead of cli args

Sample Notification on Phone

cowin-pinger's Issues

District IDs not working

What is the source of district ID? 725,730,735 from West bengal duid not gove me anything. However the pin codes from these distircts gacve me correct output.

POLL - Should we make the smallest time interval less than the current 1 minute limit ?

The current script will not allow you to provide a time interval less than 1 minute (was 5 before). Should this be further reduced to something like 10-20 seconds ?

I don't want the cowin-pinger tool to be a cowin API abusing tool as there are a high number of people using this script. If everyone starts to make calls every few seconds it could badly effect the Cowin Portal. I feel 1 minute interval is more than enough but I still wanted your opinion. Comment down your thoughts under this if you happen to see this issue.

UnhandledPromiseRejection

UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Command failed: powershell -c Add-Type -AssemblyName presentationCore; $player = New-Object system.windows.media.mediaplayer; $player.open('/home/sampath/.npm/_npx/1034/lib/node_modules/cowin-pinger/sounds/beep.mp3'); $player.Volume = 0.5; $player.Play(); Start-Sleep 1; Start-Sleep -s $player.NaturalDuration.TimeSpan.TotalSeconds;Exit;
/bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:308:12)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:439:11)
at Socket.emit (events.js:315:20)
at Pipe.<anonymous> (net.js:673:12)

Script may be able to just run independent of IFTTT

I guess many of the 18+ people will be working on their computers, so some kind of notification on desktop without IFTTT would be great

Continue pinging even if slots are available

Currently the script shuts down after a slot is found/notification is sent.
There's been multiple occasions where the notification was received but by the time we book on the portal, it's too late. I think we should continue running the script even when notification is sent.

We can keep this option OFF by default and enable it through a --keep-alive flag.

Error code

Suggestions

• 15 mins interval won't in most scenario where the slots are filled within minutes.
• Also, the public APIs have a caching of 10 mins.

Suggestion:

• Instead of public APIs, internal API should be used for slot availability.
• Decrease the interval to some 10 to 15 seconds.

stopping after 1 successfull ping

the code stops after the first successful ping any reason why?

Bug: 18+ slots are notified for age 45+

The tool was run with the following configuration

Date= 24-05-2021
Age= 54
Dose= First Dose
Pincode= pin
Time interval= 1 minutes (default is 10)
Appointment Count= 2 (default is 2)
IFTTT API Key= key
IFTTT Hook Name= slot

The CoWIN portal does not allow the age of 45+ to get appointment for 18+ slots
Here's a screenshot of the error thrown from the CoWin portal.

Even though the age is configured as 54 when running the tool, it is notifying slots that are marked for 18-44 age group, which it should not.

suggestion- add vaccine name as param

please refer schema of official cowin api and lets parse out on "vaccine" object in response from cowin API and match it to user provided argument. that way user can give --vaccinename=covaxin (as an example.)

Addition of Paid and Free Vaccine

Need of parameters for paid and free vaccine.

getting an error

(node:14564) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Request failed with status code 401
at createError (C:\Users\crmas\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_npx\14564\node_modules\cowin-pinger\node_modules\axios\lib\core\createError.js:16:15)
at settle (C:\Users\crmas\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_npx\14564\node_modules\cowin-pinger\node_modules\axios\lib\core\settle.js:17:12)
at IncomingMessage.handleStreamEnd (C:\Users\crmas\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_npx\14564\node_modules\cowin-pinger\node_modules\axios\lib\adapters\http.js:260:11)
at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:388:22)
at endReadableNT (internal/streams/readable.js:1336:12)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:82:21)
(node:14564) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag --unhandled-rejections=strict (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 4)

on both powershell and prompt

Request to add multiple pincodes in the search criteria

not getting notifications

says sent notification to phone but I didn't receive it. I did receive the test notification in IFTT documentation

isSlotAvailable variable somewhere becomes true even when the cowin site has no free slot

I have replaced the "notification in IFTTT" through this script with "VoIP call in IFTTT". So, I can see the text when the webhook fires the event, but at 0:00am I am getting the VoIP call which is the "then this" part of IFTTT in my case.

So, I am thinking the isSlotAvailable variable somehow becomes true, due to either no response from api server or the date variable change, or don't know maybe something

getting an error

npx cowin-pinger run --age=<18> --district=<247>
npx cowin-pinger run --age=<18> --district=<247>
^^^^^

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

Add other vaccine to the list sputnik V

It would do good if you add sputnik V to the vaccine list since many states were procuring the vaccine.

IFTTT doubts

Could add few more points about what this IFTTT is all about and how it works ? [ just 2 lines will suffice for beginners ]

I went through their website but could not understand anything. They are providing all kinds of services.