johngian / Forthnet-SMS

Python script for sending text-messages via Forthnet WebSms service, based in Python & Mechanize

Forthnet SMS

About

This is a simple script using Python’s Mechanize library. It is written in order to avoid the use of Forthnet’s WebSMS Service website, when sending text-messages. Its use is simple. Just follow the instructions and write the phone number and the text-message you would like to send.

Dependencies

• Mechanize Library (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mechanize)
• Python

Installation

• To install mechanize:
  • using pip: pip install mechanize
  • using easy_install: easy_install mechanize
  • you can also download mechanize from (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mechanize) and run python setup.py install (or read the INSTALL.txt)
• To configure ForthnetSms.py open the script and change the login_email and password variables properly.

For android users:

• Install the Python interpreter (SL4A > Menu > View > Interpreters and then Add>Python)
• In order to use mechanize library with SL4A Python interpreter in Αndroid, just download the latest .tar from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mechanize and extract only the source folder inside the folder with the rest of your scripts. Then you can import the library as usual (import mechanize).