A very simple binance telegram bot

I created this telegram bot to keep me informed of the status of my orders on Binance.

This bot will send you a message for every order started, canceled & filled.

To see your balance, type /balance.

Go and have a chat with @BotFather. Tell him /newbot, and follow the instructions.

BotFather will give you a token to control the bot, something like 123456789:AbCdfGhIJKlmNoQQRsTUVwxyZ.

Use the following command to get the code for this bot :

git clone https://github.com/louismerlin/binance-bot

Then create a secrets file to keep all your tokens (this file will not be seen by git) :

cd binance-bot
echo {\"binanceKey\": \"\", \"binanceSecret\": \"\", \"bot\": \"YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN\", \"you\": 0} > secrets.json

Don't forget to replace YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN by... your telegram bot token.

Now it's time to run your bot for the first time !

First install the dependencies, with either npm install or yarn install depending on what you use.

When this is done you can go ahead and node index.js. Don't be alarmed when it throws out some errors in your face, it's nothing serious.

What you need to do now is go to telegram and have a chat with your bot, using his handle (@mybot, the one that finishes with 'bot'). BotFather should have given you a link to him, too.

When you initiate the conversation, it sends the /start command to the bot, which triggers some more errors in your terminal, but more importantly, gives you your telegram id (of the form 12345678).

Copy this telegram ID into the secrets.json file, in the "you" field.

You can now (finaly) head over to binance. First make sure I did not trick you into a phishing attempt, and then log in.

When you're in, you should see on the main dashboard a API Settings button. Click on that.

Enter a label for your new API key, for example telegram, and click on Create New Key.

This bot only requires Read Info.

Once you have your key & secret, put those values into the secrets.json file.

Good job, now you can run your bot with node index.js. If you would like it to continuously run, get yourself a small server somewhere and run node index.js & in the directory (don't forget to copy your secrets & install the dependencies). If you want to stop it down the line use killall node (if you have no other node processes running, otherwise kill PID, with PID being the processe's pid).