@ben The "client" said no wifi. It's a hard requirement. SMS is the requested "data layer" 😆
Disclaimer: it is a spare-time project for a non-profit org
@dbread Maybe include a cellular modem with SMS support and a simple program to send them out. I remember using a GSM modem here years ago that was USB and had such a program included for sending and receiving SMS.
@ben That is the idea, but the question is, is there a Python library that eases the use of that GSM hardware?
@dbread I used to read of people using twillio for this. Never used any sms services as they seem to all cost money
@dbread I used Twilio a few times. It's fine.
The excellent 'notifiers' library puts a whole bunch of different services under the same API: https://github.com/liiight/notifiers
Not just SMS, but a bunch of others as well.
@dbread Though I just realized that you said the device was offline. Hmmm... you might consider some of the #CircuitPython offerings from Adafruit that can connect to the cell network and send SMS messages. I've used CircuitPython on their wifi-connected devices and it works great.
@joshburnett The library looks gr8, thanks for the hint. I wrote a Matrix connector a few years ago, but *notifiers* makes connecting quite beautiful (according to their basic usage doc)
Anyone ever sent an #SMS from a #Python #script?
I have an #offline device that should send alerts on measurement peaks.