https://github.com/0xedward/wfmr-bitbar
A BitBar plugin to track Wells Fargo's mortgage interest rates and sends you a SMS notification with Twilio
https://github.com/0xedward/wfmr-bitbar
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A BitBar plugin to track Wells Fargo's mortgage interest rates and sends you a SMS notification with Twilio
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/0xedward/wfmr-bitbar
- Owner: 0xedward
- Created: 2020-10-27T11:22:03.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2021-01-06T20:56:38.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-12T16:50:27.318Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: bitbar-plugin, interest-rates, mortgage, mortgage-rates, rates, tracker, trackers, twilio
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 7.81 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# wfmr-bitbar
A [BitBar](https://github.com/matryer/bitbar) plugin to track [Wells Fargo's mortgage interest rates](https://www.wellsfargo.com/mortgage/rates/) and sends you a txt notification with Twilio. Currently, the plugin is only tracking [Wells Fargo 30 year fixed rate confirming purchase loan interest rate](https://www.wellsfargo.com/mortgage/rates/purchase-assumptions?prod=1).
# Setup
1. Clone the repo into your BitBar Plugins folder
2. Create an account on [Twilio](https://twilio.com/console/)
3. Create a project on Twilio
4. Verify your phone number under your Account Settings
5. Generate the `ACCOUNT SID` and `AUTH TOKEN` for your project
6. Add a phone number to your project
7. Paste all that data from previous steps under the `SETUP` section in `wmfr-tracker/interest-rate-checker.py`
8. `chmod +x wfmr-tracker.10m.sh`
# Cost
The average cost for the amount of text messages sent by this BitBar plugin using Twilio in a month is $1. [Twilio's free trial](www.twilio.com/referral/aWvvx3) should provide enough free balance to run this BitBar plugin for 1 year and a few months without you having to pay anything. A year is likely long enough for most users' who want to track mortgage interest rates.
_Disclaimer: The free trial link is a referral link._