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



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### 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 ###

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get = urllib.urlopen(http_req)

req = get.read()

get.close()



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### Verifying the response ###

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

print "Message successfully sent"

else:

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

Have a nice day! Thomas

[EINSTEIN_007]

Also, if you want to receive the SMS from python then check the below code:

import textmagic.client
client = textmagic.client.TextMagicClient('username', 'password')

received_messages = client.receive(0)
messages_info = received_messages['messages']
print('%d messages in in-box' % len(messages_info))
if len(messages_info) > 0:
first_message = messages_info[0]
from_no = first_message['from']
name = first_message['text']
print("Message from: %s" % from_no)
print(name)

client.send("Nice to meet you %s!" % name, from_no)
print("I have sent a reply")
client.delete_reply(first_message['message_id'])