Schengen Visa Appointment Checker Bot 🌍

This is a Telegram bot that allows you to check Schengen visa appointments. The bot regularly checks for appointments for the specified country and city, and sends a notification via Telegram when an available appointment is found.

Features ✨

• Appointment checking for 17 different Schengen countries
• Appointment tracking in 7 different cities in Turkey
• Easy usage via Telegram
• Button interface for country and city selection
• Customizable check frequency (1-5 minutes)
• Detailed appointment information (date, center, category)
• Automatic notification system
• Direct reservation link when an appointment is found

Installation 🚀

Requirements

• Python 3.8 or higher (Python 3.11 recommended)
• pip (Python package manager)

Steps

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/petersawm/schengen-visa-bot.git
cd schengen-visa-bot

2. (Optional) Create and activate a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows
# or
source .venv/bin/activate  # Linux/macOS

3. Install the required Python packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Create a .env file and add your Telegram bot information:

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_bot_token_here
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=your_chat_id_here

Required Libraries

• python-telegram-bot (v20.6)
• python-dotenv (v1.0.0)
• aiohttp (v3.8.6)
• asyncio (v3.4.3)
• pytz (v2023.3)

Usage 📱

To start the bot:

python3 schengen_bot.py

Telegram Commands

• /start - Bot info and command list
• /help - Help menu
• /check - Start appointment check with button interface
• /stop - Stop active check
• /status - Current status information

Using the Button Interface

1. Send the /check command
2. Select a country from the menu
3. Select a city
4. Select the check frequency (1-5 minutes)

Old Command Usage (Optional)

/check France Istanbul

Supported Countries 🌐

• 🇫🇷 France
• 🇳🇱 Netherlands
• 🇮🇪 Ireland
• 🇲🇹 Malta
• 🇸🇪 Sweden
• 🇨🇿 Czechia
• 🇭🇷 Croatia
• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
• 🇫🇮 Finland
• 🇸🇮 Slovenia
• 🇩🇰 Denmark
• 🇳🇴 Norway
• 🇪🇪 Estonia
• 🇱🇹 Lithuania
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine
• 🇱🇻 Latvia

Supported Cities 🏢

• 🇹🇷 Ankara
• 🇹🇷 Istanbul
• 🇹🇷 Izmir
• 🇹🇷 Antalya
• 🇹🇷 Gaziantep
• 🇹🇷 Bursa
• 🇹🇷 Edirne

Development 🛠

This bot is developed with Python 3 and uses the following main libraries:

• python-telegram-bot
• aiohttp
• python-dotenv

License 📄

This project is licensed under the MIT license. For more information, see the LICENSE file.

Contributing 🤝

All contributions are welcome! Please open an issue to discuss your changes before submitting a pull request.