AutomationFlows β€Ί Slack & Telegram β€Ί Monitor Egyptian Gold & Currency Prices with Telegram Notifications

Monitor Egyptian Gold & Currency Prices with Telegram Notifications

ByM Sayed @msayed-csβœ“ on n8n.io

πŸ• Smart Scheduling: Runs hourly between 10 AM - 10 PM (Cairo timezone) πŸ₯‡ Gold Prices: Tracks different gold types with buy/sell rates πŸ’± Currency Rates: Official exchange rates (USD, EUR, SAR, AED, GBP, etc.) 🎨 Beautiful Formatting: Emoji-rich messages with proper Arabic text…

Cron / scheduled triggerβ˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜† complexity6 nodesHTTP RequestTelegram
Slack & Telegram Trigger: Cron / scheduled Nodes: 6 Complexity: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜† Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #6520 β€” we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the HTTP Request β†’ Telegram recipe pattern β€” see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "U4Fwm0qoedJIRzw4",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "name": "MS_E_DAHAB",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
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      "name": "Schedule Trigger",
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        16
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      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "hours"
            }
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      "typeVersion": 1.2
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      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
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      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://edahabapp.com/",
        "options": {}
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      "retryOnFail": true,
      "typeVersion": 4.2
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      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
      "position": [
        1040,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "={{ $json.telegram_message }}",
        "chatId": "={{ $env.telegram_chat_id }}",
        "additionalFields": {
          "appendAttribution": false
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "telegramApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
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        "extractionValues": {
          "values": [
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              "key": "gold_prices",
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            },
            {
              "key": "currency_rates",
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        "jsCode": "// This code uses Regular Expressions and adds emojis and better formatting.\n\n// Helper function to get an emoji for a currency name\nfunction getCurrencyEmoji(currencyName) {\n  if (currencyName.includes('\u062f\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0631')) return '\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8';\n  if (currencyName.includes('\u064a\u0648\u0631\u0648')) return '\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa';\n  if (currencyName.includes('\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0644')) return '\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6';\n  if (currencyName.includes('\u062f\u0631\u0647\u0645')) return '\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea';\n  if (currencyName.includes('\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0631\u0644\u064a\u0646\u064a')) return '\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7';\n  return '\ud83d\udcb0'; // A default emoji\n}\n\n// Helper function to remove all HTML tags from a string\nfunction cleanText(htmlString) {\n  if (!htmlString) return '';\n  return htmlString.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '').trim();\n}\n\n\n// --- Main Script ---\nconst goldHtml = items[0].json.gold_prices;\nconst currencyHtml = items[0].json.currency_rates;\nlet messageLines = [];\n\n// --- 1. Process Gold Prices ---\nmessageLines.push(\"\ud83e\udd47 *\u0623\u0633\u0639\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u0647\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0635\u0631* \ud83e\udd47\");\nmessageLines.push(\"\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\");\n\nconst goldRows = goldHtml.match(/<tr.*?>.*?<\\/tr>/gs) || [];\n\nfor (const row of goldRows) {\n  const cells = row.match(/<td.*?>.*?<\\/td>/gs) || [];\n  \n  if (cells.length > 0) {\n    const type = cleanText(cells[0]);\n    let emoji = '\u2696\ufe0f';\n    if (type.includes('\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u0647\u0628')) emoji = '\ud83e\ude99';\n    if (type.includes('\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a')) emoji = '\ud83c\udf0d';\n\n    if (cells.length > 2) {\n      const sellPrice = cleanText(cells[1]).replace(' \u062c\u0646\u064a\u0647', '');\n      const buyPrice = cleanText(cells[2]).replace(' \u062c\u0646\u064a\u0647', '');\n      messageLines.push(`${emoji} *${type}:* \u0634\u0631\u0627\u0621 \\`${buyPrice}\\` / \u0628\u064a\u0639 \\`${sellPrice}\\``);\n    } else if (cells.length === 2) {\n      const priceText = cleanText(cells[1]);\n      const price = priceText.replace(/[^0-9.]/g, ''); // Extract only numbers\n      const currency = priceText.includes('\u062f\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0631') ? '\u062f\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0631' : '\u062c\u0646\u064a\u0647';\n      messageLines.push(`${emoji} *${type}:* \\`${price}\\` ${currency}`);\n    }\n  }\n}\n\n// --- 2. Process Currency Rates ---\nmessageLines.push(\"\\n-----------------------------------\\n\");\nmessageLines.push(\"\ud83d\udcb8 *\u0623\u0633\u0639\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644\u0627\u062a (\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0633\u0645\u064a)* \ud83d\udcb8\");\nmessageLines.push(\"\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\u3030\ufe0f\");\n\nconst currencyRows = currencyHtml.match(/<tr.*?>.*?<\\/tr>/gs) || [];\n\nfor (const row of currencyRows) {\n  const cells = row.match(/<td.*?>.*?<\\/td>/gs) || [];\n  \n  if (cells.length === 2) {\n    const currencyName = cleanText(cells[0]);\n    const currencyPrice = cleanText(cells[1]).replace(' \u062c\u0646\u064a\u0647', '');\n    const emoji = getCurrencyEmoji(currencyName);\n    messageLines.push(`${emoji} *${currencyName}:* \\`${currencyPrice}\\` \u062c\u0646\u064a\u0647`);\n  }\n}\n\n// --- 3. Add a Timestamp ---\nconst now = new Date();\nconst timeString = now.toLocaleTimeString('ar-EG', { timeZone: 'Africa/Cairo', hour: '2-digit', minute:'2-digit' });\nmessageLines.push(\"\\n`\" + `\u062a\u062d\u062f\u064a\u062b: ${timeString} \u0628\u062a\u0648\u0642\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0647\u0631\u0629` + \"`\");\n\nconst finalMessage = messageLines.join('\\n');\n\nreturn [{\n  json: {\n    telegram_message: finalMessage\n  }\n}];"
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                "operation": "gte"
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              "leftValue": "={{ $now.hour }}",
              "rightValue": 10
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            {
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                "type": "number",
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              "leftValue": "={{ $now.hour }}",
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  "active": true,
  "settings": {
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  "versionId": "84f5a6ec-9ded-4f31-bb68-0fa8b75a8eb5",
  "connections": {
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            "type": "main",
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          {
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  }
}

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About this workflow

πŸ• Smart Scheduling: Runs hourly between 10 AM - 10 PM (Cairo timezone) πŸ₯‡ Gold Prices: Tracks different gold types with buy/sell rates πŸ’± Currency Rates: Official exchange rates (USD, EUR, SAR, AED, GBP, etc.) 🎨 Beautiful Formatting: Emoji-rich messages with proper Arabic text…

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/6520/ β€” original creator credit. Request a take-down β†’

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