Space Invaders Bot

This project is a cron-driven Node.js bot, written in TypeScript, that retrieves the latest "Space Invaders" flash images, processes them, uploads them to S3 storage, and posts the data to a specified API endpoint.

Features

• Fetches the latest flash images from a custom SpaceInvaders utility.
• Handles image upload to S3 via a custom uploadImageHandler.
• Posts processed flash data to a provided API endpoint.
• Scheduled to run every minute using node-cron.

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Installation

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm (Node.js package manager)

Steps

Clone the repository

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd <repository-folder>

Install dependencies

npm install

Create a .env file in the root directory and define the following environment variables

API_URL=<your-api-url>
WEBHOOK_SECRET=<your-webhook-secret>
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<your-aws-access-key>
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<your-aws-secret-key>
AWS_S3_BUCKET=<your-s3-bucket-name>

Compile the TypeScript code

npm run build

Start the application

npm start