How to send SMS from Python using HTTP request

[JacobAnderson]

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 ###

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



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 ###

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



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!"

It was that easy. More useful info on: http://ozekisms.com/index.php?owpn=607
Have a nice day!
Jacob

[laserlight]

Instead of using urllib, you may find life easier with the requests library. Oh, and remember to post code in [code][/code] bbcode tags, especially since indentation is significant in Python.

You could end up with a simpler example:

###########################################
## Ozeki NG - SMS Gateway Python example ##
###########################################

import requests

############################
### Ozeki NG information ###
############################

host = "http://127.0.0.1"

user_name = "admin"
user_password = "abc123"

recipient = "+36304080332"

message_body = "Hello World from Python"

############################
#### Sending the message ###
############################

response = requests.get(host + ":9501/api",
                        params={"action": "sendmessage",
                                "username": user_name,
                                "password": user_password,
                                "recipient": recipient,
                                "messagetype": "SMS:TEXT",
                                "messagedata": message_body})

##############################
### Verifying the response ###
##############################

if response.text.find("Message accepted for delivery") > 1:
    print("Message successfully sent")
else:
    print("Message not sent! Please check your settings!")