Twitter Bot for Resources during the COVID emergencies

About

We have created a Twitter bot(@ResourcesBot and @ResourcesBot1) that searches for verified medical resources such as oxygen, remdesivir, ICU, hospital beds and it then searches for people who are asking for leads the above mentioned resources and replies them with the resources they asked for.

How it works

The bot searches for resources on Twitter using a search query like: <city_name> <resource_name> verified -needed -required -leads -requirement -need -please -filter:retweets.

And then the bot searches for people asking for resources using a search query like: <city_name> <resource_name> required OR leads OR need -filter:retweets

Currently monitored resources: Oxygen, Remdesiver, ICU beds, Hospital beds, Plasma Donors, Ventilators

Bot in action:

Website

Twitter bot has it's limitations. To tackle those we have created a website. Go visit it at https://resourcesbot.surge.sh

How to help

You can always contribute to the project. Learn how to contribute here: https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/

For those who do not know how to code, you can still contribute by spreading the word about the bot. And by asking people:

• who are sharing medical, you can ask them to share in this format <city_name> <resource_available> verified
• who are asking for leads, you can ask them to ask for leads in this format <city_name> <resource_needed> leads required

Contributors

Scrapping for resources and automated reply:

• Harshit Maheshwari (@fake_batman_)

Website:

• Abhinav Srivastav (@AbhinavMir)
• Sarthak Pranesh (@SarthakPranesh)

Machine Learning:

• Harsha Bomanna (@harshablast)
• Arunkumar L (@CleanPegasus)

Find (other) resources:

Don't singularly rely on this tool, there are some amazing threads you can refer to. Here are few:

• https://external.sprinklr.com/insights/explorer/dashboard/601b9e214c7a6b689d76f493/tab/5?id=DASHBOARD_601b9e214c7a6b689d76f493
• For plasma donation: http://friends2support.org
• Twitter search for COVID: https://covid19-twitter.in/