Library Book Monitor

Library Book Monitor Skill

A skill to monitor library book availability and get notified when books become available for borrowing.

When to Use

Use this skill when you want to:

• Track book availability at Shenzhen Library
• Get notified when a book becomes available for borrowing
• Monitor multiple books and their availability status
• Automate library book availability checking

Setup

Before using this skill, ensure:

1. Python 3.8+ is installed
2. Dependencies are installed: pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Configuration file config.yaml is set up (copy from config.yaml.example)

Commands

Add a Book

Add book "Python Programming" by "Guido van Rossum" with monitoring enabled

List All Books

List all monitored books

Check Book Availability

Check availability of all books

Remove a Book

Remove book with ID abc123

Toggle Monitoring

Toggle monitoring for book abc123

Start Scheduled Monitoring

Start monitoring scheduler

Configuration

The skill uses config.yaml for settings:

library:
  name: "Shenzhen Library"
  base_url: "https://www.szlib.org.cn/"
  search_url: "https://www.szlib.org.cn/opac/"
  timeout: 30

scheduler:
  enabled: true
  interval_minutes: 30
  retry_on_failure: true
  max_retries: 3

notification:
  enabled: true
  methods:
    - console
    - email
  email:
    smtp_server: smtp.qq.com
    smtp_port: 587
    sender: your_email@qq.com
    password: your_smtp_password
    recipients:
      - recipient@example.com

Notes

• The skill supports Shenzhen Library by default
• Other libraries can be added by implementing custom scrapers
• Book data is stored in book_list.json
• Please set reasonable check intervals to avoid overloading library servers