CardTrader Client

CardTrade Client is a Rust-based application that allows users to track the prices of specific cards on CardTrader and receive notifications via Telegram when the prices drop below a certain threshold.

Features

• Fetch expansions(duh!?) and blueprints(all cards) from CardTrader.
• Track prices of specific cards.
• Continuous price checking with alerts.
• Telegram integration for notifications.
• Store and load credentials and configuration from .env file.

Prerequisites

• Rust (latest stable version)
• Cargo (latest stable version)
• A Telegram Bot token and chat ID for receiving notifications.
• CardTrader API credentials.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/cardtrader-price-checker.git
cd cardtrader-price-checker

2. Create a .env file:

Copy the .env-example to .env and fill in your credentials:

cp .env-example .env
.env

.env file

TELEGRAM_TOKEN=your_telegram_token_here
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=your_telegram_chat_id_here
CARD_TRADER_AUTH=Bearer your_card_trader_auth_token_here
CARD_TRADER_COOKIE=_card_trader_session=your_card_trader_cookie_here

3. Run the project:

cargo run