python -m venv .venv

Activate (on Windows):

.venv\Scripts\activate.bat

On Linux:

Change config.ini for server.

source .venv/bin/activate
nohup python3 run_stoscbot.py &

pip install -r requirements.txt

Upgrade dependencies, test locally and then freeze to requirements_pro.txt

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
pip freeze > requirements_pro.txt

Ensure pytest and pytest-asyncio is installed so that VSCode and find tests. Run the below command to run the tests.

pytest --cov=./ --cov-report=xml
coverage report

1. Update server timezone to local timezone
2. Do not re-use a session file when deploying to a new instance. On a new isntance, delete any existing .session file and generate a new session file.
3. Keep the .env and .session files in a ..\credentials\ directory. The deployment scripts will copy these files to the correct location.
4. Copy the Google API keys to ~/.config/gspread/service_account.json. On Windows, it's at C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\gspread\
5. Subsequently run headless as nohup python3 run_stoscbot.py &