WeatherCurrencyTGBot

Introduction

This is a telegram bot written in Python using the aiogram asynchronous framework for Telegram Bot API.

It provides the following options:

• Сurrent weather - you can find out the current weather in the cities from the proposed list. In this case there has been used simple and fast and free weather API from OpenWeatherMap

• Exchange rates - you can find out the actual exchange rates for today or a specific date. This functionality is supported by using the API of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

Ger your own credentials

Obtain Your Telegram Bot Token

In this context, a token is a string that authenticates your bot (not your account) on the bot API. Each bot has a unique token which can also be revoked at any time via @BotFather.

Obtaining a token is as simple as contacting @BotFather, issuing the /newbot command and following the steps until you're given a new token. You can find a step-by-step guide here.

Your token will look something like this:

4839574812:AAFD39kkdpWt3ywyRZergyOLMaJhac60qc

Get Your OpenWeatherMap API Key:

The API key is all you need to call any of our weather APIs. Once you sign up using your email, the API key (APPID) will be sent to you in a confirmation email. Your API keys can always be found on your account page, where you can also generate additional API keys if needed. Check our documentation page to find all technical information for each product. Documentation is an essential guide with actual examples and comprehensive description of API calls, responses and parameters.

Get your Telegram ID

1. Follow the link @getmyid_bot
2. Click on the "Start" button to start the bot.
3. Your ID will be displayed immediately in the reply message. See the first line, which starts with "Your user".

Installation and run guide

1. Clone git repository:

https://github.com/KirylDumanski/aiogram-weather-currency-bot.git

2. Execute in terminal:

python pip install -r requirements.txt

3. In data folder find and rename .env.dist to .env. Paste your credentials into it:

BOT_TOKEN=123456789:YouR_Bot_TokEn
WEATHER_TOKEN=Your_openweather_api_token
ADMIN=YOUR_TG_ID

4. Execute in terminal to run app:

python app.py