Enhanced Email and Telegram Monitoring Functions

📅 2024-07-11 — Session: Enhanced Email and Telegram Monitoring Functions

🕒 00:40–02:55
🏷️ Labels: Python, Email Processing, Telegram Monitoring, Testing, Resource Management
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to enhance the functionality and reliability of email and Telegram monitoring scripts, focusing on resource management, error handling, and testing.

Key Activities

• Filtered and managed URLs related to FCEN UBA.
• Extracted and analyzed certificate information using OCR, including SIGEDEP insights.
• Identified roles with access to SIGEDEP datasets.
• Explored the public accessibility of Nube Exactas file sharing system.
• Provided an overview of the Monitoreo Novedades project, detailing email and Telegram monitoring scripts.
• Updated the process_emails function to improve email downloading and storage in SQLite databases.
• Conducted Python unit tests using unittest and pytest frameworks.
• Analyzed test outputs for Google Calendar and Telegram APIs, suggesting improvements for error handling.
• Implemented context management in Google Calendar and email processing functions to ensure proper resource cleanup.
• Modified the monitor_telegram function for connection testing.
• Fixed database connection issues in SQLite functions.
• Provided guidance on viewing SQLite databases in Visual Studio Code.
• Updated test functions for logging real data from emails and Telegram messages.

Achievements

• Successfully enhanced email and Telegram monitoring scripts with improved error handling and resource management.
• Identified and fixed issues related to database connections and SSL socket warnings.
• Improved testing practices using Python’s unittest and pytest frameworks.

Pending Tasks

• Further testing and validation of the updated monitoring functions in a production environment.
• Continuous monitoring and optimization of resource management strategies.