# GoCryptoTrader package Communication manager
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This communication_manager package is part of the GoCryptoTrader codebase.
## This is still in active development
You can track ideas, planned features and what's in progress on our [GoCryptoTrader Kanban board](https://github.com/orgs/thrasher-corp/projects/3).
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## Current Features for Communication manager
+ The communication manager subsystem is used to push events raised in GoCryptoTrader to any enabled communication system such as a Slack server
+ In order to modify the behaviour of the communication manager subsystem, you can edit the following inside your config file under `communications`:
### slack
| Config | Description | Example |
| ------ | ----------- | ------- |
| enabled | Determines whether the push communications to a Slack server | `true` |
| verbose | If enabled will log more details to your logger output | `false` |
| targetChannel | The channel to send communications to | `announcements` |
| verificationToken | The token generated by Slack to allow interactions with the server and channel | `iamafaketoken` |
### smsGlobal
| Config | Description | Example |
| ------ | ----------- | ------- |
| name | The name of the SMS sender | `SMSGlobal` |
| from | Who the text name is from | `Skynet` |
| enabled | Determines whether the push communications to the SMS service | `true` |
| verbose | If enabled will log more details to your logger output | `false` |
| username | The username to use with the SMS provider | `username` |
| password | The username to use with the SMS provider | `password` |
| contacts | The `name` `number` of the user people you wish to send SMS to and whether it is `enabled` | `"name": "StyleGherkin", "number": "1231424", "enabled": true` |
### smtp
| Config | Description | Example |
| ------ | ----------- | ------- |
| name | The name of the service | `SMTP` |
| enabled | Determines whether the push communications to a email server | `true` |
| verbose | If enabled will log more details to your logger output | `false` |
| host | The SMTP host | `smtp.google.com` |
| port | The port to use | `537` |
| accountName | Your username | `username` |
| accountPassword | Your password | `password` |
| from | The display name of the sender | `Jeff Bezos` |
| recipientList | A comma delimited list of addresses to send alerts to | `bill@gates.com` |
### telegram
| Config | Description | Example |
| ------ | ----------- | ------- |
| name | The name to be displayed | `Telegram` |
| enabled | Determines whether the push communications to a Telegram server | `true` |
| verbose | If enabled will log more details to your logger output | `false` |
| verificationToken | The token generated by Telegram to allow you to send messages | `iamafaketoken` |
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## Contribution
Please feel free to submit any pull requests or suggest any desired features to be added.
When submitting a PR, please abide by our coding guidelines:
+ Code must adhere to the official Go [formatting](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#formatting) guidelines (i.e. uses [gofmt](https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/)).
+ Code must be documented adhering to the official Go [commentary](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#commentary) guidelines.
+ Code must adhere to our [coding style](https://github.com/thrasher-corp/gocryptotrader/blob/master/doc/coding_style.md).
+ Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the `master` branch.
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