This is a Python API to send free messages via the many online free SMS providers. It currently works only with 160by2; I’ll add support for Way2SMS et all soon, though I’m hoping people interested in a specific provider will extend this API themselves.

How Will This Help Me?

This is primarily intended for developers looking to send messages from their Python applications. For instance, I’m currently developing an application that periodically checks my passport application status and messages it to me.

Getting It

• Go here, click on the Downloads button at the top-right, and select the archive format that you’re comfortable with.
• Extracting the archive should now show you the pyFreeSMS folder and a README file.

Using It

• Copy the pyFreeSMS folder to the directory where your code resides.
• Import the API:

from pyFreeSMS import py160by2

• Send your message with the sendmessage(username, password, targetPhoneNumber, message) function, replacing your account authentication details where necessary:

py160by2.sendMessage('usrname','pwd','123','msg')

Contributing

Considering the number of free SMS providers out there, I’m hoping there are a lot of you who might want to extend this API to your liking. To start off, you’ll first need to install Git:

sudo apt-get install git-core

Then you’ll need to get the code:

git clone https://github.com/emaadmanzoor/pyFreeSMS.git

This will download the required source code to the current directory. To commit your extended code and added modules, it’d be best to read up the friendly documentation at Github itself.