ScrapeBettingBot

Scrape odds for upcoming sports matches and detect profitable bets

installation

install scrapy:

pip install Scrapy

install scrapy-splash

pip install scrapy-splash

install docker and get the docker container for splash

docker pull scrapinghub/splash

For use in production aquarium is advised.

Running the bot

First start splash

docker run -p 8050:8050 scrapinghub/splash

Add address of splash to the settings of scrapy in settings.py of the spider:

SPLASH_URL = 'http://x.x.x.x:8050'

Add api key for the telegram bot in ScrapeBettingBot.py

updater = Updater("x:xxxx")

Start the telegram bot with

python ScrapeBettingBot.py