zeeshanahmad4/airtable-to-telegram-notifier

ATT Notifier: Seamlessly push real-time Airtable updates straight to your Telegram channel. 🚀

Airtable to Telegram Notifier 🚀

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Table of Contents

1. Project Overview
2. Features
   • Future Enhancements (To-Do)
3. Requirements
4. Usage Examples
   • Setup and Installation Instructions
5. Troubleshooting Tips
6. Contribution Guidelines

Project Overview 🌐

Airtable to Telegram Notifier (ATT Notifier) is a seamless integration tool designed to push updates from Airtable to a Telegram channel. Whenever there's a change of status in your Airtable entry, ATT Notifier makes sure your Telegram audience is the first to know! 📬

2. Features ✨

• Real-time Notifications: Get immediate updates on Telegram for any change in status in your Airtable entry.
• Image Support: Push images along with your notifications.
• Formatted Data Push: Send your Airtable data in a clean and formatted manner.
• Scalable & Modular: Designed with scalability in mind, ensuring easy additions and modifications.

Future Enhancements (To-Do) 📝

• Integrate with multiple Airtable bases.
• Allow custom formatting for Telegram messages.
• Support for other messaging platforms like Slack or WhatsApp.
• Advanced error handling and retry mechanisms.

Requirements 📌

• Python 3.8+
• requests library
• Airtable API Key
• Telegram Bot Token and Chat ID

Usage Examples 💡

from modules.telegram.telegram_api import send_message_to_telegram

records = fetch_changed_entries()
if records:
    text = prepare_data_for_telegram(records)
    send_message_to_telegram(text)

Setup and Installation Instructions 📥

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/YourUsername/ATT-Notifier.git
2. Navigate to the project directory: cd ATT-Notifier
3. Install the required Python packages: pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Update the placeholders in the code with your Airtable API key, Base ID, Telegram Bot Token, and Chat ID.
5. Run main.py: python main.py

Troubleshooting Tips 🛠

• Ensure you've set the correct API keys and tokens.
• Check your internet connection.
• Ensure that the Telegram bot has the necessary permissions to post messages.
• Check the Airtable API limits and ensure you're not exceeding them.

Contribution Guidelines 🤝

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your features or bug fixes.
3. Commit your changes with meaningful commit messages.
4. Open a pull request, and describe the changes you've made.
5. Once reviewed, your changes will be merged!