DeletedBot Backend

This repo contains the code for DeletedBot's backend, including:

• The API protocol to be used by the frontend
• The endpoint for Telegram's webhook

It uses Go Gin as web server and Redis as database.
This project is released under GNU GPL v3.0, read the LICENSE file to know more. Contributions are always welcome!

How to self-host

Notice: The backend, by itself, is pretty useless. So, once you're done self hosting the backend, make sure to check out how you can deploy the frontend here.

The zoomers' way

The good'ol way

1. Download a pre-built binary from the release page or clone the repo and run go build -o deletedbot-backend . in the same directory

2. Get yourself a Redis server. If you're on a VPS or dedicated server, check out this link; if you're on Heroku or similar services, take a look here to get a free managed Redis database, or get an add-on for the specified service.

3. Set the following environment variables:

   Key	Example	Explaination
   FRONTEND_HOST	deleted.bot.nu	The host where your frontend is located. It will be sent in all /start messages.
   BACKEND_HOST	apidel.massivebox.eu.org	The host of your backend. All DeletedBots hosted on your instance will have their webhook set to this host. Make sure you have HTTPS!
   PORT	80	The port the web server will listen on.
   REDIS_ADDR	localhost:6379	The hostname of your Redis database
   REDIS_PASSWORD	ExtremelySafePassword	The password of your Redis database. Leave empty if no password is set.
   ADMIN_USERNAME	admin	The username required to log into the admin console.
   ADMIN_PASSWORD	ExtremelySafePassword	The password required to log into the admin console.

4. Run your instance: if you're on a server, use sudo nohup ./deletedbot-backend, if you're using anything else use your common deploying technique.

5. That's it.