LarisKursiBot
This is a Telegram Bot that simplifies the keeping track of the everyday convertion rate of Georgian Lari - GEL defined by National Bank of Georgia.
Where to find the bot
- You can type
LarisKursiBot
in the search bar of the main window of Telegram. - Or open the link https://t.me/LarisKursiBot
How to use it
Normally it should write to use the available commands when you connect to the bot. If it's not the case or you want to read again the instructions you can message to bot the next command:
/start
Get the latest rate
How to check USD to GEL rate
Just message to bot the next command:
/usd
or
/დოლარი
How to check EUR to GEL rate
Just message to bot the next command:
/eur
or
/ევრო
Subscribe to the daily rate
You can also subscribe to the daily update of USD to GEL and EUR to GEL rates by messaging to bot the next command:
/subscribe
and of course you can unsubscribe from this updates as well by messaging to bot the next command:
/unsubscribe
Rates update
The new rate is published everyday except weekends and holidays at most at 17:00 by National Bank of Georgia (NBG). If you are subscribed to daily updates you will receive the Telegram message with latest rate at 17:05 (5 minute is an estimated time for NBG's WebService to update the rate).
Technology
Bot
The excellent python-telegram-bot is used to make the bot alive
Getting the rates
NBG's SOAP web service is avalable at https://services.nbg.gov.ge/Rates/Service.asmx.
You can check the complete list of NBG's publicly available services at https://services.nbg.gov.ge/