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10assistant > Here are a few fun Val ideas you could build on Val Town:
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121. **Random Joke Generator:** Fetch a random joke from an API and display it.
132. **Daily Weather Update:** Pull weather data for your location using an API and create a daily summary.
143. **Mini Todo List:** Create a simple to-do list app with add, edit, and delete functionalities.
154. **Chuck Norris Facts:** Display a random Chuck Norris fact sourced from an API.
165. **Motivational Quote of the Day:** Fetch and display a random motivational quote each day.
17

16
17while (!message) {
18  const adviceResponse = await fetch("https://api.adviceslip.com/advice");
19  const adviceJson: AdviceResponse = await adviceResponse.json();
20  const newMessage = adviceJson.slip.advice + "@ x.arruda.dev/v";

13Change the `query` variable for what you want to get notified for.
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15You can use [Twitter's search operators](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/rules-and-filtering/search-operators) to customize your query, for some collection of keywords, filtering out others, and much more!
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17## 3. Notification

58);
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60const airtableApiKey = Deno.env.get("AIRTABLE_API_KEY");
61const defaultBaseId = "app1wLB4irV14mxMU";
62const defaultTableName = "ExampleItems";
66
67async function fetchAirtableData(baseId, tableName, nameColumn, contentColumn, embeddingColumn) {
68  const base = new Airtable({ apiKey: airtableApiKey }).base(baseId);
69  const records = await base(tableName).select().all();
70  const documents = records.map(record => ({

12}));
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14const airtableApiKey = Deno.env.get("AIRTABLE_API_KEY");
15const defaultBaseId = "app1wLB4irV14mxMU";
16const defaultTableName = "ExampleItems";
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20async function fetchAirtableData(baseId, tableName, contentColumn, embeddingColumn) {
21  const base = new Airtable({ apiKey: airtableApiKey }).base(baseId);
22  const records = await base(tableName).select().all();
23

9[![](https://stevekrouse-button.express.val.run/Install)](https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse/blob_admin_app/fork)
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11It uses [basic authentication](https://www.val.town/v/pomdtr/basicAuth) with your [Val Town API Token](https://www.val.town/settings/api) as the password (leave the username field blank).
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13# TODO

50## How it works
51
52Telegram has a lovely API.
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541. I created a @ValTownBot via [Bot Father](https://t.me/botfather).
552. I created a [webhook](https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse.telegramValTownBotWebhook) and [registered it with telegram](https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse.telegramValTownBotWebhookSetup)
563. Whenever someone new messages @ValTownBot, I generate a secret and save it along with their Chat Id in @stevekrouse/telegramValTownBotSecrets (a private val), and message it back to them
574. Now whenever you call this val, it calls [`telegramValTownAPI`](https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse.telegramValTownAPI), which looks up your Chat Id via your secret and sends you a message
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59## Telegram Resources
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72- [ ] Store user data in Val Town SQLite
73- [ ] Parse user data on the API side using Zod

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26async function telegramRequest(path, body, authorization?: string) {
27  const response = await fetch("https://stevekrouse-telegramValTownAPI.web.val.run/" + path, {
28    method: "POST",
29    body: JSON.stringify(body),

7}) => {
8  const { results } = await fetchJSON(
9    "https://api.openaq.org/v2/locations?"
10      + new URLSearchParams({
11        coordinates: lat.toPrecision(8) + "," + lon.toPrecision(8),

2  // try/catch prevents crashes if the script doesn't have env access
3  try {
4    return Deno.env.get("VALTOWN_API_URL");
5  } catch {}
6}
7
8export function getApiUrl(): string {
9  return envOrUndefined("VALTOWN_API_URL") ?? "https://api.val.town";
10}
11
12export const API_URL = getApiUrl();