README.md

Telegram Spritpreis Bot

Telegram bot that notifies about relevant price changes of subscribed gas stations using the Tankerkönig API.

Currently only the German language is supported.

Environment Variables

• API_KEY - API Token for Tankerkoenig
• DB_URL - Mongo database URL
• SERVER_PORT - Server port
• WEBHOOK_HOST - URL of webhook host (e.g. https://example.org)
• TELEGRAM_TOKEN - Telegram bot token
• UPDATE_CYCLE - Minutes until prices are updated
• SEARCH_RADIUS - Search radius in km for gas stations

Deployment

Telegram

If the WEBHOOK_HOST is set, the bot runs in webhook mode. Otherwise polling mode is activated.

Development

$ npm run dev

Docker-Compose

1. Copy mongo-init.js_template to mongo-inits.js and set MongoDB password in it
2. Copy env_template and env-db_template accordingly and set the correct variables in them
3. Run docker-compose up