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Twilio Terminal SMS

Setup

Installation

pipx is the recommended way to install Python applications in an isolated environment:

pipx install git+https://github.com/hentai-chan/sms.git

Fire up a debug build in ./venv:

git clone https://github.com/hentai-chan/sms.git
cd ./speedtest
python -m venv venv/
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Configuration

Customize Application Settings

To send a SMS over twilio you need to set these three values in the configuration file:

sms config --token <auth_token>
sms config --sid <account_sid>
sms config --phone <twilio_number>

Before you register a new twilio phone number, make sure its able to send a SMS to other cell phones. If you didn't sign up for a subscription, you will only be able to send a SMS to your own cell phone that you registered with this website. In general, cell phone numbers that you want to send a message to need to contain the country code.

Optional: Define an array of excuses that are to be sent (at random) when you use the --late option.

sms config --excuses <excuse1,excuse2,...>

Add a new contact to your address book:

sms config --add <name> <phone>

Read the configuration file:

sms config --list

Get help:

sms --help

Basic Usage

Command Line Usage

Send a message. Either pass a contact name from your address book, or pass a phone number that you want to send a message to:

sms send --msg <msg> --receiver <phone>

You can use the dry run option to preview the command invocation:

sms send --msg "Hello, World!" --receiver haydee --dry-run
sms send --late

Note: You need to configure a home contact (e.g. your significant other) with

sms config --add <name> <phone>
sms config --home <name>

first for this option to work.

Report an Issue

Did something went wrong? Copy and paste the information from

sms log --list

to file a new bug report.