# Release Alerts: Email, Push, Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp | FXMacroData

> Set up FXMacroData release alerts on your account page: email, browser and app push, Telegram, Discord, Slack and WhatsApp. What triggers an alert, what it contains, and which plans include each currency.

Source: https://fxmacrodata.com/documentation/alerts
Documentation index: https://fxmacrodata.com/documentation/llms.txt
API base URL: https://api.fxmacrodata.com

# Release alerts

Get a message the moment a macro release you follow is published: by email, as a browser or app push, or in Telegram, Discord, Slack or WhatsApp. Alerts are configured on your account page and need no code.

## Six channels, one setting per channel

Every channel delivers the same alert: the currency, each indicator published in the release, its value and unit, and a link to the release page. Enable as many channels as you want; each one is switched on and off independently.

| Channel | What you provide | Where it is set |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Email | Nothing beyond your account email. Each alert carries a one-click unsubscribe link for that currency. | [Preferences, Currency alerts](https://fxmacrodata.com/api-management#workspace-settings) |
| Browser and app push | Allow notifications when the dashboard asks. Works in Safari and other browsers that support web push, and in the native apps. | [Preferences, Notifications](https://fxmacrodata.com/api-management#workspace-settings) |
| Telegram | A bot token from `@BotFather` and the chat ID the bot should post to. Start a chat with your bot, or add it to a group, before saving. | [Alerts, Telegram](https://fxmacrodata.com/api-management#messaging-channels) |
| Discord | An incoming webhook URL for the channel (Server settings, Integrations, Webhooks). | [Alerts, Discord](https://fxmacrodata.com/api-management#messaging-channels) |
| Slack | An incoming webhook URL from a Slack app installed in your workspace. | [Alerts, Slack](https://fxmacrodata.com/api-management#messaging-channels) |
| WhatsApp | A WhatsApp Business API account (Meta Cloud API or Twilio): the recipient phone number, the access token, and the sender ID or phone number ID. | [Alerts, WhatsApp](https://fxmacrodata.com/api-management#messaging-channels) |

## Setup takes three steps

Alerts live on the [account page](https://fxmacrodata.com/api-management), next to your API keys.

1. **Choose currencies.** Under Preferences, Currency alerts, switch on each currency you want to hear about. USD is available on every plan; other currencies unlock with an active trial or subscription.

2. **Enable a channel.** Under Alerts, turn on Telegram, Discord, Slack or WhatsApp and paste the credential that channel needs, then save. Email and push use the toggles under Preferences.

3. **Set quiet hours if you want them.** Quiet hours hold push and chat alerts during a daily window you choose. Email is not held.

Credentials you enter are used only to post alerts to that destination. Switch a channel off at any time and nothing further is sent to it.

## What triggers an alert

An alert is sent when FXMacroData captures a new release from the official source for a currency you have enabled. The value in the alert is the value the API serves, read from the same store.

- One alert per release event. When a publisher releases several indicators together, for example headline and core inflation, they arrive as one message listing each indicator.

- Each alert names the currency and indicator, shows the released value with its unit, and links to the release page on fxmacrodata.com.

- Alerts are sent when the release is captured, so a release the publisher delays arrives when the figure is actually published, not at the scheduled time.

- Email alerts carry an unsubscribe link scoped to that currency, so one click stops that currency without touching the rest.

## Plans and currencies

Currency alerts follow the same access rules as the data itself.

| Plan | Currencies | Channels |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free account | USD | All six channels |
| Trial, Individual, Business, Enterprise | Every supported currency | All six channels |

Alerts for currencies other than USD stop when a subscription ends and resume when it is active again. See [plans and pricing](https://fxmacrodata.com/subscribe).

## Alerts are for people; webhooks and streams are for software

Pick the delivery that matches who reads it.

### Alerts

Human-readable messages in email, push or chat. Configured on the account page, no code, no server.

### Webhooks

Signed JSON callbacks to your own HTTPS endpoint, with retries and delivery logs. [Webhook documentation](https://fxmacrodata.com/documentation/webhooks).

### SSE and WebSocket

A live connection that receives every release event as it is captured. [SSE](https://fxmacrodata.com/documentation/sse-streams) and [WebSocket](https://fxmacrodata.com/documentation/websocket-streams) documentation.

## Troubleshooting

****No Telegram message arrives.****

: The bot can only post to a chat it has been added to. Send your bot a message first (or add it to the group), confirm the chat ID, and check that the channel toggle is on.

****Discord or Slack returns nothing.****

: The URL must be an incoming webhook for the destination channel, not an application or bot token. Recreate the webhook and paste the full URL.

****A currency cannot be enabled.****

: Currencies other than USD need an active trial or subscription on the account that owns the alert settings.

****Push alerts stop after a browser change.****

: Push tokens are tied to the browser or device that granted permission. Open the dashboard in the new browser and allow notifications again.

****Something else.****

: Email [info@fxmacrodata.com](mailto:info@fxmacrodata.com) with the currency, channel and the time you expected the alert.