🎂💬 BirthdayBOT

(Messenger Auto Send Birthday Wishes)

This BOT will allow you to send automatic birthday wishes for your facebook friends every single day

By AdemKouki : https://about.me/AdemKouki

Requirements :

• VPS (or your local machine)
• Python (3.5.0 or higher)
• Facebook Account (for sure 😜)
• LAMP server (or anything similar)

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1. First, you need to download these files..

2. Login to your facebook account, then open This link

3. Right-click the link Birthdays , copy the url. You will get a link like this

webcal://web.facebook.com/ical/b.php?uid=100001217614623&key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Replace the webcal:// with https:// like this :

https://web.facebook.com/ical/b.php?uid=100001217614623&key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

5. You will get a file with .ics extension :

( iCalendar file: These are plain text files that include calendar event details like a description, beginning and ending times, location, etc. )

6. Make a new folder and put all files (ics file you download it from fb + github files) Together in the same folder

7. Rename the .ics file you download it from facebook as : cal.ics ( you must delete the old cal.ics file of course 😅 )

Configuration :

Customize your Wishes (modify config . py) :

wish = ['Hi {0}, Happy Birthday ^^']		

{0} is your friend facebook name ... for example :

if your friend's name is "Adem", the message will be : Hi Adem, Happy Birthday ^^

You can also make random wishes ; Example :

wish = ['Hi {0}, Happy Birthday ^^' , 
		'Love You {0}' ,
        'How are you {0}]',
        'Bla Bla Bla {0}']		

The bot will select a random wish for every friend ;)

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Customize Images (modify config . py) :

• Example 1 :

images = ['https://i.imgur.com/oDEGLBY.jpg']

• Example 2 (Random Image) :

images = ['https://i.imgur.com/oDEGLBY.jpg',
		  'https://i.imgur.com/7qffkxy.png',
          'https://i.imgur.com/5KOX5Vo.png',]

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Login & Password (modify config . py):

You need to use your facebook username & password :

username = 'login@emailfb.com'
password = 'yourpassword'

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Schedule Time (modify bot . py):

You can change the time when your bot will send messages :

schedule.every().day.at("12:33").do(BirthdayWish)

In this exemple the bot will send wishes at 12:33 change it as you like :D

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Warning : The bot will use your VPS server date and time ...

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After configuration, you need to put the folder in your LAMP (the default directory var/www/) in your VPS

1. Open your browser and go to this URL :

http://{{server-ip-adress}}/birthdaybot/

it will says "Everything is OK" ...

2. Then,you must use screen :

Screen allows you to:

• Use multiple shell windows from a single SSH session.
• Keep a shell active even through network disruptions.
• Disconnect and re-connect to a shell sessions from multiple locations.
• Run a long running process without maintaining an active shell session.

cd var/www/birthdaybot
screen -S birthdaybot

3. you need to install python requirements using pip :

pip install -r requirements.txt

Finally, Start Your bot :D

python bot.py

Don't forget to detach from your session :

Press [Ctrl+a] then [Ctrl+d]