SMS from Python using HTTP request

[thomasqueen]

Hello. I have recently found a great way to send SMS messages from Python. It turns out, it is easy to send messages from Python using HTTP requestes and a software called Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. I downloaded and configured the software (they have great config info on their website) and then I use the sample source code:

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## Ozeki NG - SMS Gateway Python example ##

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import urllib




###############################################

### Ozeki NG informations ###

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host = "http://127.0.0.1"

user_name = "admin"

user_password = "abc123"

recipient = "+36304080332"

message_body = "Hello World from Python"




###############################################

### Putting together the final HTTP Request ###

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http_req = host

http_req += ":9501/api?action=sendmessage&username="

http_req += urllib.quote(user_name)

http_req += "&password="

http_req += urllib.quote(user_password)

http_req += "&recipient="

http_req += urllib.quote(recipient)

http_req += "&messagetype=SMS:TEXT&messagedata="

http_req += urllib.quote(message_body)




################################################

#### Sending the message ###

################################################

get = urllib.urlopen(http_req)

req = get.read()

get.close()




################################################

### Verifying the response ###

################################################




if req.find("Message accepted for delivery") > 1:

print "Message successfully sent"

else:

print "Message not sent! Please check your settings!"


More useful info on their ozekisms site.

Have a nice day! Thomas

 

[Mr.Si]

Pretty cool!

 

[telectrix]

can't get mine to work.