Financial News Bot

A Telegram bot that monitors financial news channels, summarizes the content using AI, and sends periodic summaries to subscribers.

Features

• Channel Monitoring: Monitors financial news channels on Telegram (default: "marketfeed")
• AI Summaries: Generates concise summaries using OpenAI's GPT models
• Stock Impact Analysis: Identifies potentially impacted stocks and market sectors
• Sentiment Analysis: Determines if the news has bullish, bearish, or neutral sentiment
• Markdown Formatting: Properly formatted messages with bold text and bullet points
• Subscriber System: Users can subscribe/unsubscribe to receive updates
• Automatic Notifications: Notifies subscribers when the bot starts up

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• Telegram API credentials (API ID and API Hash) from my.telegram.org
• Telegram Bot Token from @BotFather
• OpenAI API Key from OpenAI Platform

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd TelegramBot2

2. Install the required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Create a .env file with the following variables:

   TELEGRAM_API_ID=your_api_id
   TELEGRAM_API_HASH=your_api_hash
   TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_bot_token
   TELETHON_SESSION_STRING=your_session_string
   OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key
   TARGET_CHANNEL=channel_name  # default is 'marketfeed'
   

Step-by-Step Setup

1. Create a Telegram Application

1. Go to my.telegram.org and log in
2. Create a new application to get your API ID and API Hash
3. Add these to your .env file as TELEGRAM_API_ID and TELEGRAM_API_HASH

2. Create a Telegram Bot

1. Talk to @BotFather on Telegram
2. Send /newbot and follow the instructions to create a new bot
3. Copy the provided token to your .env file as TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN

3. Generate a Session String

The session string allows the bot to connect to Telegram as a user to monitor channels:

python3 session_generator.py

Follow the prompts to authenticate and generate a session string, then add it to your .env file as TELETHON_SESSION_STRING.

4. Get an OpenAI API Key

1. Create an account or log in at OpenAI
2. Navigate to the API Keys section
3. Generate a new key and add it to your .env file as OPENAI_API_KEY

Usage

Running the Bot

To run the bot in normal mode (5-hour interval between summaries):

python3 simple_solution.py

To run in test mode with shorter intervals (5 minutes):

python3 simple_solution.py --test

To enable debug logging:

python3 simple_solution.py --debug

To automatically add yourself as a subscriber when starting the bot:

python3 simple_solution.py --admin_id YOUR_TELEGRAM_ID

Bot Commands

Once the bot is running, users can interact with it using these commands:

• /start - Subscribe to financial news summaries
• /stop - Unsubscribe from updates
• /help - Show help message and available commands
• /status - Show bot status and subscriber count
• /test - Generate and send a test summary immediately
• /subscribe_me - Alternative command to subscribe

Deploying on a Free Server

Option 1: Railway

Railway offers a free tier for hosting applications:

1. Sign up at Railway
2. Install the Railway CLI:

   npm i -g @railway/cli

3. Login to Railway:

   railway login

4. Initialize your project:

   railway init

5. Add environment variables:

   railway vars set TELEGRAM_API_ID=your_api_id TELEGRAM_API_HASH=your_api_hash TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_bot_token TELETHON_SESSION_STRING=your_session_string OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key TARGET_CHANNEL=channel_name

6. Deploy your project:

   railway up

Option 2: Render

Render also offers free hosting:

1. Create an account at Render
2. Create a new Web Service and connect your GitHub repository
3. Set the build command: pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Set the start command: python simple_solution.py
5. Add all environment variables from your .env file
6. Deploy the service

Option 3: Google Cloud Run

Google Cloud offers a free tier for Cloud Run:

1. Create a Google Cloud account
2. Install Google Cloud SDK
3. Build your Docker container:

   gcloud builds submit --tag gcr.io/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/financial-news-bot

4. Deploy to Cloud Run:

   gcloud run deploy --image gcr.io/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/financial-news-bot --platform managed

5. Set environment variables in the Google Cloud Console

Troubleshooting

• Connection Issues: If the bot can't connect to Telegram, verify your API credentials and session string.
• No Summaries Generated: Check your OpenAI API key and ensure the target channel is accessible.
• Messages Not Formatted: The bot uses Markdown formatting with parse_mode='md'. Make sure your client supports markdown.
• Not Receiving Messages: Verify that you've subscribed with /start or /subscribe_me and check your bot's subscribers list.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.