WolfBite-bot

Telegram bot that scrapes NC State dining menus for labmates

WolfBite-bot keeps our Ph.D. cohort informed about the day-to-day menus on NC State’s dining website. The service scrapes the published meal rotations and pushes formatted updates to a Telegram group.

Features

  • HTTP scraping pipeline resilient to HTML menu table changes via CSS selectors and fallback heuristics.
  • Daily cache invalidation to avoid hammering the dining API while still delivering fresh breakfast/lunch/dinner posts.
  • Telegram bot commands for ad hoc dining hall lookups, ingredient filters, and quick sharing.

Deployment Notes

  • The repository includes a Dockerfile for Heroku-style deployments. Swap in production credentials inside config/env.sample before publishing.

  • Add an architecture diagram under assets/img/projects/wolfbite/architecture.png when available:

    ![WolfBite-bot architecture](assets/img/projects/wolfbite/architecture.png)