Hilan New Payslip Watch

Isn't it annoying not to know when a new payslip arrives? Well, it annoys me. So I fixed it.

By defining a cron job that will run this script, you will be able to watch Hilan for new payslips

Features!

• Notifications on Mac for new payslips in Hilan

Requirements

• Python 3+ - Pyhton 3.6+ verion
• Selenium - Selenium for web automation

Installation

Step 1: Create virtual environment and install requirements

$ python3 -m venv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r pip_requirements.txt

Step 2: Add your credentials

$ nano creds.json

Your credentials need to be in that file in the following format:

{
    "username": "<hilan_username>",
    "password": "<hilan_password"
}

Step 3: Selenium requires a driver to interface with the chosen browser.

For Click for Chrome For Click for FireFox For Click for safari

Step 4: Extract the downloaded driver onto a folder

Step 5: Set path variable to the environment. Paste this command to the terminal

$ export PATH=$PATH:/home/path/to/the/driver/folder/

Step 6: Add the cron job

crontab -e

In the editor enter the following line (replace the path to the repo with your own):

*/15 * * * * cd <path_to_repo> ; /usr/bin/env venv/bin/python hilan.py