Telegram and MS Teams Site Monitor Bot

A simple Python script that checks availabilty of multiple sites and sends error alerts to Telegram and/or Microsoft Teams.

Basic configuration

Copy config_sample.py to config.py and edit accordingly.

Add sites and web services to be monitored

# config.py
sites = [
  "www.google.com",
  "www.twitter.com"
]

Activate messengers

# config.py
clients = {
  "msteams" = False,
  "telegram" = True
}

Telegram

Create new Telegram Bot

• Create a new Telegram Bot: https://core.telegram.org/bots#6-botfather
• Create a new Telegram group in the Telegram App and add the newly created bot
• Optionally: Grant your bot group admin permissions

Get ChatID

• Open in Browser (Replace {TOKEN} in URL with your Token): https://api.telegram.org/bot{TOKEN}/getUpdates
• Copy Chat ID

Example JSON Responce:

chat: {
  "id": "XXXXXXXXX",
  "title": "my_group_name",
  "type": "group"
}

• Set Telegram client to True in config.py
• Add Telegram Bot Token and Chat ID

# Telegram
tg_token = ""
tg_chat_id = ""

Microsoft Teams

• Add Teams webhook to config.py

msteams_webhook="XXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

Run Script

python monitor.py

Setup Cronjob

Setup a cronjob that runs the script every 5 minutes.(Change script location accordingly) Edit /etc/crontab and add following Line:

*/5 * * * * root python /opt/sitemap/monitor.py