Pombo Correio

Pombo Correio send secret messages through this inline telegram bot.

 

How do I host it? (VPS)

Here is a brief guide you can follow to host your own Pombo Correio in case you are afraid of data leaks or for any other reason.

1. Create a new bot via Botfather.
2. Make your bot inline at Bot → Bot Settings → Inline Mode → Turn inline mode on.
3. Optionally set up your custom inline placeholder (e. g. sample text @user) at Bot → Bot Settings → Inline Mode → Edit inline placeholder.
4. Fork this repo.
5. In vps: git clone repo fork.
6. vi .env (Set up all required environment variables)
7. pip3 install -r requirements.txt
8. python pombo.py

Environment variables

• API_TOKEN – Telegram API bot token
• LOG_PATH – path to the log-file (e. g. logs/session_{time}.log)
• DATABASE_URL – connection URL of the database (see examples)
• ADMINS - ID of bot admin users (32400363 or 32400360, 52130333, 5122330)
• channelStatusId - Channel ID
• GROUP_ID - GROUP_ID LOG

Telegram input template

@pombomsgbot sample text @user1 @user2 @user3

• @pombomsgbot – inline mention of the bot
• sample text – text to be hidden
• @user1 @user2 @user3 – list of users in scope

Available modes

• spoiler – hidden content can be seen by everyone
• for – hidden content can only be seen by the author and users in scope
• except – hidden content can be seen by everyone except users in scope

Placeholders

Can be used in messages to be replaced with user-related values. For instance, you can send the following message to a public chat to make everyone see his own full_name instead of {name} placeholder:

@pombomsgbot I guess its time to kick {name} from this chat. cant stand this clown anymore

• {username} – viewer's username (e. g. @kylorensbot)
• {uid} – viewer's UID (e. g. id837151456)
• {lang} – viewer's language code (e. g. en or pt-br)
• {pid} – post (DB row) ID (e. g. #32400360)
• {created} – post creation timestamp (e. g. 2077-07-05 19:53:17.864156)
• {queries} – total count of inline queries sent by viewer (e. g. 42)
• {first_interaction} – precise UTC timestamp of when viewer was saved to the database for the first time (e. g. 2077-07-05 19:53:17.864156)
• {dialog} – indicates whether viewer has ever written to the bot in private chat (e. g. Yes)
• {utc} – precise UTC timestamp (e. g. 2077-07-05 19:53:17.864156)
• {date} – current UTC date (e. g. 2077-07-05)
• {time} – current UTC time (e. g. 19:53)
• {name} – viewer's full name (e. g. Big Floppa)
• {first_name} – viewer's first name (e. g. Big)
• {last_name} – viewer's last name (e. g. Floppa)

All datetime-related placeholders adhere to the UTC timezone with +00:00 shift.