Pikud Ha'oref Alarm Tracking

A simple CLI tool for tracking Pikud Ha'oref alarms.

Polls the unofficial API endpoint every second for incoming alarms. Prints active alarms as they occur. Prints routine messages once every 5 minutes by default.

⚠️ Disclaimer ⚠️

This tool is based on an unofficial API, and cannot be guaranteed to show correct or timely data. Do not use it if human life is at stake. Do not assume it shows you correct data. Do not assume it works properly, or even works at all. Always follow official guidelines and procedures published by Pikud Ha'oref.

Further fine-print covering the terms of use of this tool can be found in the GPLv3 license file.

Install

Pip

The easiest way to install is from PyPI with pip:

$ pip install alarmpy

You can then run the alarmpy executable directly:

$ alarmpy --help

Pipenv

For development usage it's recommended to clone the git repo and use pipenv:

$ git clone https://github.com/yuvadm/alarmpy
$ cd alarmpy
$ pipenv sync -d
$ pipenv run alarmpy

Usage

For the default usage after installation, just run:

$ alarmpy

Display

• Set the output language using --language [en|he|ar|ru], this uses the official city and area name translations for Hebrew, Arabic, English and Russian.
• In case of RTL issues in the terminal use --reverse to output all names in reverse.
• Use --highlight abc in order to highlight any alarm which contains the string abc.

Proxy

The unofficial API is limited for use for Israeli-originating IPs only. In order to use alarmpy from outside Israel, users must route traffic through an Israeli exit point. The HTTPS_PROXY environment variable is supported for this use case.

Advanced

Advanced flags can be set as described in the usage:

$ pipenv run alarmpy --help
Usage: alarmpy.py [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --language [en|he|ar|ru]  Alert language
  --highlight TEXT          String to search for and highlight in case of
                            alarm
  --reverse                 Reverse Hebrew/Arabic output for terminals with
                            RTL bugs
  --polling-delay INTEGER   Polling delay in seconds
  --routine-delay INTEGER   Routine message delay in seconds
  --alarm-id                Print alarm IDs
  --repeat-alarms           Do not suppress ongoing alarms
  --quiet                   Print only active alarms
  --desktop-notifications   Create push notifications on your desktop
                            notification center (currently only in Mac OS)
  --mqtt-server TEXT        Hostname / IP of MQTT server (optional)
  --mqtt-client-id TEXT     MQTT client identifier
  --mqtt-port INTEGER       Port for MQTT server
  --mqtt-topic TEXT         Topic on which to send MQTT messages
  --mqtt-filter TEXT        Payload value to filter before sending as a
                            message (semicolon separated)
  --output-test             Print a debug output and exit
  --help                    Show this message and exit.

MQTT Notifications

Integration with an MQTT server provides the ability to send custom MQTT messages for all or some of the alerts that are received. MQTT requires paho-mqtt to be installed separately as an optional dependency.

To enable, specify at least the following parameters via the command line:

• mqtt-server - The MQTT Server hostname or IP, e.g. localhost
• mqtt-topic - The MQTT topic to which the MQTT message will be sent, e.g. alarmpy/zone

Additional optional parameters for MQTT integration are:

• mqtt-client-id - The ID of the MQTT client used by alarmpy. This will be used to connect to the MQTT server. Default: alarmPyClient. This only needs to be change in case you plan to have more than one instance of alarmpy running
• mqtt-port - The port on which the MQTT server is listening to. Default: 1883

Filtering

When MQTT is enabled, all alerts are sent as separate messages on the specified topic. In case there is a desire to include only specific alert, use the mqtt-filter parameter to provide a semicolon separated list of substrings enclosed in double quotes. Each alert city and area will be checked against all filters, and only when a match is found, will an MQTT message be sent. For example: --mqtt-filter "gaza;negev".

License

GPLv3