crypto-bot

Telegram bot that uses the CoinMarketCap API and the Binance API to get information on cryptocurrencies and the global cryptocurrency market.

Talk to @coinmarketcap_info_bot on Telegram! https://t.me/coinmarketcap_info_bot

Installation

1. Clone the repo to your computer and install the required dependencies.

   git clone https://github.com/abhinavk99/crypto-bot.git
   cd crypto-bot
   npm install

2. Get Binance API key and secret from your Binance user settings.
3. Get a Telegram bot token from @BotFather.
4. Make a file called .env in the repo directory.
5. Copy/paste the below into the file.

   TELEGRAM_TOKEN=Token here
   BINANCE_KEY=Key here
   BINANCE_SECRET=Secret here
   

6. Put your Telegram token and Binance API key and secret where it says to in the config. Do not put quotes around the tokens.
7. Run the bot.

   node bot.js

Commands

Command	Description	Usage	Example
/info	Get info on coin with that name	/info <coin>	/info Bitcoin
/info	Get info on coin with that CoinMarketCap rank	/info <number>	/info 11
/global	Get total market information	/global	/global
/	Get latest Binance ticker price for a coin	/<ticker>	/ETH
/chart	Get chart on historical price for a coin	/chart <coin>	/chart Bitcoin

Releases

Releases start at v1.1.0 because I didn't know how to use git tags before then and manually changed the versions in package.json