• The Flask-based LineBot is deployed on Render.
• Currently store all the data on Google Sheet.

1. Install relevent packages

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Register Render

• Follow this page for Render registration and usage.
• Follow this page for LineBot on Render.

3. Apply for Google Sheet API

• Follow the steps to set up Google Sheet API.
• To use Google Sheet credentials while not leak the API secrets on public Github repo, store all the environment variables on Render manually.
• Refer to this solution if encountering issues regarding private_key in gspread credentials.

The LineBot source code is modified from here. While the original project deploy the chatbot on ngrok, I turn to Render for its stability.