Scheduled Currency Exchange Rate Updates to Telegram with Exchange Rate API

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{
  "id": "8647Dl470mxxSj2Q",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "name": "MS_CURRENCY",
  "tags": [],
  "nodes": [
    {
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      "name": "Schedule Trigger",
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      "position": [
        -360,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "rule": {
          "interval": [
            {
              "field": "minutes",
              "minutesInterval": 15
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.2
    },
    {
      "id": "7082fdcf-2877-4f36-b90a-2178ca1505a4",
      "name": "Report: Prepare",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "position": [
        560,
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "// Input: JSON from exchangerate-api.com\nconst data = $json;\nconst baseCode = data.base_code; // e.g., 'EGP'\nconst rates = data.rates;\nconst lastUpdate = new Date(data.time_last_update_utc).toLocaleDateString('en-US', {\n  month: 'short', day: 'numeric', hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit', hour12: true\n});\n\n// \ud83c\udfaf Choose which currencies you want to see in the report!\nconst targets = [\n  { code: 'USD', emoji: '\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8' },\n  { code: 'EUR', emoji: '\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa' },\n  { code: 'GBP', emoji: '\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7' },\n  { code: 'SAR', emoji: '\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6' },\n  { code: 'AED', emoji: '\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea' },\n];\n\n// \u270d\ufe0f Build the report message for Telegram\nlet report = `<b>\ud83d\udcb1 Currency Exchange Rates</b>\\n\\n`;\n\nfor (const target of targets) {\n  const rate = rates[target.code];\n  if (rate) {\n    // Calculate 1 of the target currency = ? of the base currency\n    const inverseRate = (1 / rate).toFixed(2);\n    report += `${target.emoji} 1 ${target.code} = <b>${inverseRate} ${baseCode}</b>\\n`;\n  }\n}\n\nreport += `\\n<i>Last updated: ${lastUpdate}</i>`;\n\n// \u2705 Return the text for the next node\nreturn [{\n  json: {\n    telegram_text: report\n  }\n}];"
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      "position": [
        880,
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "text": "={{ $json.telegram_text }}",
        "chatId": "={{ $('Set Currency').item.json.telegram_chat_id }}",
        "additionalFields": {
          "parse_mode": "HTML",
          "appendAttribution": false
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "telegramApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
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        "content": "## Set inputs \n- currency"
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        "content": "## Report"
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        "content": "## Send"
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      "name": "Convert Currency",
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      "parameters": {
        "url": "=https://open.er-api.com/v6/latest/{{ $json.currency }}",
        "options": {}
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              "name": "currency",
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              "value": "=EGP"
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              "name": "to_currencies",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "=USD,AED,SAR"
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              "name": "telegram_chat_id",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "={{ $env.telegram_chat_id }}"
            }
          ]
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    }
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  "active": false,
  "settings": {
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  "connections": {
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            "index": 0
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        ]
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          {
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
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          {
            "node": "Report: Prepare",
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
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        [
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  }
}

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• telegramApi

About this workflow

This workflow automatically checks the latest rates and builds a simple report for you.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/6185/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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