Installing and Configuring Telegram

1. Install Telegram

2. Open: https://telegram.me/BotFather

3. Send the message /newbot to BotFather and follow the prompts

• Give your bot a name E.g. EODHDAlerts

• Assign a username (must end in _bot) E.g. eodhdalerts_bot

    Done! Congratulations on your new bot. You will find it at t.me/eodhdalerts_bot. You can now add a description, about section and profile picture for your bot, see /help for a list of commands. By the way, when you've finished creating your cool bot, ping our Bot Support if you want a better username for it. Just make sure the bot is fully operational before you do this.
  
    Use this token to access the HTTP API:
    <YOUR_TOKEN>
    Keep your token secure and store it safely, it can be used by anyone to control your bot.
  
    For a description of the Bot API, see this page: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
  

• Add <YOUR_TOKEN> to TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN in config.py

4. Retrieve your Client ID (not a simple task!)

• Open your new bot E.g. https://t.me/eodhdalerts_bot

• IMPORTANT - Send at least one message to your newly created bot E.g. "hello"

• Browse to https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_TOKEN/getUpdates <- Replace “YOUR_TOKEN” with the token

• Add the "id" to TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID in config.py

Bot Commands

/start: Welcome message.

/set_symbol BTC-USD: Change the trading symbol.

/set_interval 1h: Change the data interval.

/get_price: Retrieve the current price.