twilio_sms

A python program for accessing Twilio's API to send SMS messages.

Getting Started

You'll need a twilio account to use this script. Sign up here: https://www.twilio.com Once you have an account, grab your 'ACCOUNT SID' and 'AUTH TOKEN' from https://twilio.com/console and create a file named '.twilio_config' in the base of your cloned repo with the following format:

account_sid=##########
auth_token=###########
twilio_num=###########
country_code=1       # 1 is the USA country code, adjust for your location

Usage:

twilio_sms.py [-h] [-l LIST] [-b BODY] [-v]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l LIST, --list LIST  The phone number list can be a file (one per line) or
                        a list of phone numbers in quotes (must be space
                        delimited, phone numbers themselves cannot have
                        spaces).
  -b BODY, --body BODY  The body of the message you want to send in quotes.
                        Max 160 characters.
  -v, --verbose         Print more verbose output.

Examples:

twilio_sms.py -l phone_numbers.txt -b "Saturday at 9:30am.  Please come"
twilio_sms.py -l '123-456-7890 987-654-3210' -b "The Party is on!" -v