IBM Cloud Spending Monitor API

📌 Overview

The IBM Cloud Spending Monitor API fetches spending data from IBM Cloud's Usage Reports API for a specific period of time and sends it to a telex channel every hour interval. This integration helps track cloud spending over time.

🚀 Features

• Retrieves IBM Cloud usage data from
• Fetches spending data for each billing month (YYYY-MM format).
• Sends the data to a telex channel webhook to update user.
• Uses Express.js as the backend framework.
• Uses Axios for making HTTP requests.
• Supports environment variables for secure API authentication.

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🛠️ Installation

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/AndreD17/ibm-cloud-spend-monitor.git
cd ibm-cloud-spend-monitor

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Create a .env File

touch .env

Add the following environment variables:

PORT=3000
IBM_ACCOUNT_ID=your_ibm_account_id
IBM_IAM_TOKEN=your_iam_token
WEBHOOK_URL=https://your-webhook-url.com

Note: Replace your_ibm_account_id, your_iam_token, and your-webhook-url.com with your actual values.

4️⃣ Run the Server

node index.js

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📡 API Endpoints

Fetch & Send IBM Cloud Spending Data

GET /Fetch-spending

POST /send-spending

Fetches spending data for a stipulated time e.g a month and sends it to a specific telex channel using the webhook url provided.

📌 Example Request:

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/send-spending

📌 Example Response:

{
  "message": "Spending data sent to webhook successfully!"
}

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Node.js - JavaScript runtime
• Express.js - Backend framework
• Axios - HTTP requests
• Dotenv - Environment variable management

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🛠️ Test

• GET http://localhost:3000/fetch-spending
• POST http://localhost:3000/send-spending

--- To test url's copy and paste this links to your browser, check test channel@andreub for update or any webhook channel you add for spending details.

• GET https://ibm-cloud-telex-integration.onrender.com/telexIntervalIntegration
• GET https://ibm-cloud-telex-integration.onrender.com/fetch-spending

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Screenshot

![IBM Cloud Spending Integration]![alt text]

🚀 Hosting on Render

You can deploy this API on Render with the following steps:

1️⃣ Create a Render Account

Sign up at Render if you haven’t already.

2️⃣ Create a New Web Service

1. Go to Render Dashboard.
2. Click on New + → Web Service.
3. Connect your GitHub repository or upload your project manually.
4. Select Node.js as the environment.
5. Set the Build Command:

   npm install

6. Set the Start Command:

   node index.js

7. Add the necessary environment variables in the Render dashboard.
8. Click Deploy.

3️⃣ Monitor Deployment

• Once deployed, Render will provide a public URL.
• Use this URL to send requests to your API.

## 📜 License
This project is licensed under the **MIT License**.

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## 👨‍💻 Author
**LAWAL DAMILARE** – [GitHub](https://github.com/AndreD17) | 

Feel free to contribute, raise issues, or suggest improvements! 😊