Python

Python 2.7, httplibPython 2.7, Requests/httplib3Python 2.7, httplib (advanced)

 #!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- 
import sys 
import urllib 
import httplib 

ENDPOINT = "get.spiricom.spirius.com:55001" 
PATH = "/cgi-bin/sendsms?" 
USER = "Username" 
PASS = "Password" 

def send_sms(sender, recipient, message): 
  try: 
    params = {
      'User': USER, 
      'Pass': PASS, 
      'To': recipient, 
      'From': sender, 
      'Msg': message, 
      'CharSet': 'utf-8'
    }
    query_args = urllib.urlencode(params) 
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(ENDPOINT) 
    conn.request("GET", PATH + query_args) 
    r = conn.getresponse() 
    return "%d %s" % (r.status, r.reason) 
  except Exception, e: 
    sys.stderr.write(str(e)) 
    return "" 

print send_sms("+46123456789", "+46123456789", "Hello world") 

This example uses the third party library Requests, which makes sending HTTP requests easier.

 #!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- 
import sys 
import requests 

URL = 'https://get.spiricom.spirius.com:55001/cgi-bin/sendsms' 
USER = 'Username' 
PASS = 'Password' 

def send_sms(sender, recipient, message): 
  try: 
    _params = {
      'User' : USER, 
      'Pass' : PASS, 
      'From' : sender, 
      'To' : recipient, 
      'Msg' : message, 
      'CharSet': 'utf-8'
    }
    response = requests.get(URL, params=_params, timeout=10) 
    return response.text 
  except Exception, e: 
    sys.stderr.write(str(e)) 
    return "" 

print send_sms("+46123456789", "+46123456789", "Hello world") 

Demonstrates how to handle rate-limit (http status code 409) and unresponsive endpoints.

 #!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- 
import urllib 
import httplib 
import unittest 
import logging from contextlib 
import closing 

USERNAME = "Username" 
PASSWORD = "Password" 
CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 10 # seconds SMS_PROVIDERS = ["get1.spiricom.spirius.com", "get2.spiricom.spirius.com"] 

def _do_send_sms_request(conn, request): 
  """ Send request to HTTP GET API. Retry if provider tell us we are sending faster than we have agreed. """ 
  for attempt in xrange(3): 
    conn.request("GET", request) 
    result = conn.getresponse() 
    if result.status != httplib.CONFLICT: 
      logging.warning("INFO: Request sent. Response: %s, %s, %s" % (result.status, result.reason, result.read())) 
      return result.status 
    else: # Provider told us we are sending too fast. Wait then retry. 
      time.sleep(1.5) 

def send_sms(username, password, ext_id, from_type, from_number, to_number, sms_text): 
  """ Iterate over all available sms providers and attempt to setup a HTTP connection. When a connection is established, send request. If _do_send_sms_request() raises an exception (or connection times out), use next provider """ 
  from_number_enc = from_number.encode('iso-8859-1', 'ignore') 
  sms_text_enc = sms_text.encode('utf-8', 'ignore') 
  for endpoint in SMS_PROVIDERS: 
    try: 
      with closing(httplib.HTTPSConnection("%s:55001" % endpoint, timeout=CONNECTION_TIMEOUT)) as conn: 
        params = {
          'User': username, 
          'Pass': password, 
          'To': to_number, 
          'From': from_number_enc, 
          'FromType': from_type, 
          'Msg': sms_text_enc, 
          'CharSet': 'utf-8' 
        }
        if len(ext_id) > 0: 
          params['ExtId'] = "List: " + ext_id 
        request = "/cgi-bin/sendsms?%s" % urllib.urlencode(params) 
        if _do_send_sms_request(conn, request) == httplib.ACCEPTED: 
          logging.warning("SMS was accepted") 
          else: 
            logging.warning("SMS was NOT accepted") 
            # Request was successfully sent, so we are done for now 
            return 1 
    except Exception, e: 
      logging.warning("WARNING: Failed to send request, connection problem: %s" % str(e)) 
      pass # retry using next endpoint in list 
      return 0 

class UnitTests(unittest.TestCase): 
def test_send_sms(self): 
  result = send_sms( username=USERNAME, password=PASSWORD, ext_id="", from_type="I", from_number="+46123456789", to_number="+46123456789", sms_text="Test SMS") 
  self.assertTrue(result)