Vaxer

A vaccine finder which can alert you using SMS when vaccines are available

Supported Sources

• CVS

Environment Variables

Note: all phone numbers should be in the form +1XXXXXXXXXX for US numbers.

• DELAY: delay in MS in between checks, defaults to 10 minutes. The first check is done 1 minute after startup, then the delay is used.
• TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID: for your Twilio account
• TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN: for your Twilio account
• TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER: the Twilio phone number to send SMS from using your account
• NOTIFICATION_PHONE_NUMBERS: a comma-separated list of phone numbers to message when a vaccine is available
• STATE_ABBREVIATION: the two-letter abbreviation of the state to check, such as MA
• ZIP_CODE: the zip code to check for vaccination locations near. If this is set, locations will be searched within the specified distance. Otherwise, any ___location in the state will be returned if vaccines are available.
• DISTANCE: the distance around the zip code (in miles) to search for locations

Running

1. Create a .env file with the following environment variables:

TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=<fill>
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=<fill>
TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER=<fill>
NOTIFICATION_PHONE_NUMBERS=<fill>
STATE_ABBREVIATION=<fill>
ZIP_CODE=<fill>
DISTANCE=<fill>

2. Run the app with docker-compose up or docker-compose up -d for detatched mode