Mass Texting (SMS) Messaging Via Google Voice And Python

google_voice_sms.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys

from googlevoice import Voice
from googlevoice.util import input

sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
username=str(sys.argv[1]).strip()
password=str(sys.argv[2]).strip()
phone_numbers=str(sys.argv[3]).strip()
the_message=str(sys.argv[4]).strip()

print "user name:" , username
print "password:" , password
print "phone_numbers:" , phone_numbers
print "the_message:" , the_message

voice = Voice()
voice.login(username, password)

def send_mass_text():	
	with open(phone_numbers, 'r') as inF:
		for this_phone_number in inF:
			voice.send_sms(this_phone_number, the_message)

send_mass_text ()

instructions.txt

VERY IMPORTANT!!

The problem: Google does not like less secure applications to have access to your account. When these applications try to login additional verification steps are needed. A way to get pass this is to decrease the level of security by doing the following.

    Log into the account you are tying to use at www.google.com/voice
    Go here: https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps Where it say "Access for less secure apps" select "Enable".
    Go here: https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha and click on "Continue".

That solved it for me. 


How to install.

Using the commandline type the following commands.

Install Python

sudo aptitude install python3.1

cd /tmp

Install Mercurial Source Code Manager

sudo aptitude install mercurial

Download The Python Google Voice Source

hg clone https://code.google.com/r/bwpayne-pygooglevoice-auth-fix/ pygooglevoice/
cd pygooglevoice
hg pull
hg update

Build And Install Python Google Voice

python setup.py install

Test Python Google Voice

$ gvoice -e yourname@gmail.com
Password:
gvoice> call
Outgoing number: 18004664411
Forwarding number: 19175555555
Calling...

You need two files for this to work in the same directory. The Python code and a list of phone numbers example “phone_numbers.txt”. This file is included in the download.

Create a file named "google_voice_sms.py" and store the code from below in it making it executable by doing the following.

chmod a+x google_voice_sms.py

Example Usage:  ./google_voice_sms.py mygmailaccount@gmail.com mypassword phone_numbers.txt "Test SMS"

phone_numbers.txt

9175555555
19175555555
01119175555555