Sending text messages to mobiles

[Chris Keyes]

I've previously hacked up an interface to an old nokia GSM card that 
would send messages, although I'm not that good at that kinda stuff and 
the GSM documentation was not designed for beginners. Its another option.

You'd need hardware that supported either the SMS AT Command set, or 
some other interface.

Thinking about that, a post to a SMS provider probably is the best way 
forward :-)

I'd be interested to know what you conclude!

Good luck

Richard Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:28 am, Byron Morgan wrote:
> 
>>I am a Python newbie, building a Python app that monitors live data,
>>sending event-driven notifications to cellphones, pagers, email,
>>instant message clients. I have found and used Py-TOC, a clean
>>implementation of AOL's AIM services.
>>
>>My Question:
>>Has anyone done an interface to Yahoo! Messenger? I am particularly
>>interested because Yahoo! provides an easy cellular text messaging
>>gateway.
> 
> 
> There are plenty of sms gateways out there other than yahoo messenger. Most 
> (if not all) support a simple HTTPS system where you make a single HTTPS GET 
> request like:
> 
>     data = urllib.urlencode({'userid': 'blah', 'password': 'sekrit',
>         'phone': mobile, 'message': message})
>     response = urllib2.urlopen('https://provider.com/send.cgi', data)
> 
> Yes, that's all there is to it (assuming you've signed up with the provider 
> and bought some credits ;)
> 
> A google search for "sms messaging gateway" will provide plenty of providers 
> to choose from. Things to look for are the cost per message and how they 
> handle (and inform you of) error responses. You may also be interested in 
> whether they provide a callback system from handset delivery confirmation. Up 
> to you.
> 
> 
>     Richard
> 
>