Automate Keka Attendance

Install Chrome

• apt install libappindicator1 fonts-liberation
• wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
• dpkg -i google-chrome*.deb
• Test Chrome installation google-chrome-stable -version
• Test running Chrome google-chrome-stable --headless --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --print-to-pdf https://google.com

Install chromedriver

• Visit this page for latest chromedriver https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing
• wget https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/chrome/chrome-for-testing/120.0.6099.109/linux64/chromedriver-linux64.zip
• unzip chromedriver-linux64.zip
• mv chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver /usr/local/bin

Steps to Install

1. Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/kneelesh48/keka-attendance.git
2. Install required packages pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Rename config.example.json to config.json and add fill in your details.
   • org and access_token are mandatory, locationAddress and pbul_access_token are optional
   • Org can be found in the keka url
   • Login to Keka and run the following JavaScript in Chrome DevTools Console to obtain keka access token localStorage.getItem("access_token")

Steps to Run via Selenium

• python3 app-selenium.py toggle clock-in/clock-out
• python3 app-selenium.py clock-in
• python3 app-selenium.py clock-out

Steps to Run via API

• Run the application by python3 app-api.py

Add the application to crontab on linux or Task Scheduler on Windows to automate your attendance.