focusback

Vibrate your fitness band when you're distracted on social media.

How it works

1. The script fetches your social media usage time from Rescuetime API.
2. If the social media usage exceeds a limit, a notification is sent to the smartphone via Pushover.
3. Notifications for pushover are turned on through official app of fitness tracker.
4. The process check every 15 mins from the time you're distracted first and repeats 1-2-3.

Dependencies

• Rescuetime extension installed in browser
• Pushover app on your smartphone.

Installation

1. Fork and clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/yourgithubusername/focusback
   

2. Create a heroku app.

   heroku create appname
   

3. Set environment variable with your pushover and rescuetime API key.

    heroku config:set PUSHOVER_TOKEN='XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
    heroku config:set RESCUETIME_TOKEN='XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
   

4. Push the app

   git push heroku master
   

5. On IFTTT, create a new applet.

   • On THIS, select datetime > 'Every Hour'
   • On THAT, select Webhooks > Make a web request
   • Set URL to your heroku app URL
   • Set METHOD to GET
   • Hit Create Action

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details