Ethereum Gas Price Telegram Bot

This Project is a Student Project for the course "Computer Networks" at Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.

It is a Telegram bot that fetches Ethereum gas price data from the Etherscan API and sends it to a user via Telegram every 2 minutes.

Features

• Fetch Ethereum gas prices every 2 minutes using the Etherscan API.
• Send the Fast Gas Price and First Gas Used Ratio to a user.
• Ability to reset change tracking with the /restart command.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9 (The version I used) or higher
• A Telegram bot token from BotFather.
• An API key from Etherscan.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/TheHardy04/ChatBot-GasTrackerTelegram.git
   cd my-telegram-gas-tracker

2. Install the required Python packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up the config.py file:

   # Constants for API and Telegram bot
   API_KEY = "Your Etherscan API Key"
   TELEGRAM_TOKEN = "Your Telegram Bot Token"
   CHAT_ID = "Your Chat Id"  # to find ChatID https://api.telegram.org/bot<YourBOTToken>/getUpdates
   TIME_INTERVAL = 120  # Time interval for sending updates (in seconds)

Run the bot

You only have to run this command

python main.py

Usage

• The bot will send a report to your telegram every 2 minutes
• To reset the tracking of the change, use the /restart command.

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Acknowledgments

• Hanyang University