MetalBot

Extremely Simple Telegram Bot to send metal prices daily to myself using NodeJS and Telegram/Metal-API web services.

Requirements

• Axios >= 0.21.1
• Metals-Api Key -- Free plan allows up to 50 hits per month
• Telegram Bot and Channel

Getting Started

To run simply clone and download code.

Then run the below line to install required packages.

npm i

Place the keys you get and your channel id in a keys.json file like so:

{
"botID": "bot*Bot API Key Here*",
"chatID": "-100*Channel ID Here*,
"metalAPIKey": "*metal API Key Here*"
}

Usage

node index.js

FAQ

How do I get my channel ID for Telegram?

Check out this answer on stackoverflow

How do I set this up to send me prices automatically every morning?

I personally just use a cron job on my personal digital ocean droplet and schedule it to run everyday at 7am.

0 7 * * * node /path/to/file/index.js

Authors

Jordan Tryon

License

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