textbelt

#!/usr/bin/env python

import argparse
import json

import requests


TEXTBELT_URL = 'http://textbelt.com/text'


if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Send SMS message')
    parser.add_argument('-n', dest='phone_number', required=True,
                      help='phone number without punctuation, e.g., 5551234567')
    parser.add_argument('-m', dest='message', required=True,
                        help='text of message')
    parser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,
                        help='verbose mode')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    if args.verbose:
        print 'sending "%s" to %s' % (args.message, args.phone_number)

    data = {'message': args.message, 'number': args.phone_number}
    r = requests.post(TEXTBELT_URL, data=data)

    if r.ok:
        content = json.loads(r.content)
        if args.verbose:
            print 'Message received by Textbelt with status code: %d' % r.status_code
        if content['success']:
            if args.verbose:
                print 'Message sent to providers by Textbelt'
        else:
            print 'FAILURE: Message not sent to providers by Textbelt (%s)' % content['message']
    else:
        print 'FAILURE: Message not received by Textbelt'