Send transactional SMS via Amazon SNS

test-transactional-sns.py

# Adapted from https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sms_publish-to-phone.html#sms_publish_sdk
# Disclaimer: this is sample code for demonstration purposes only

import boto3
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

# The AWS Region that you want to use to send the message. For a list of
# AWS Regions where the Amazon Pinpoint API is available, see
# https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/latest/apireference/
region = "us-west-2"

# The recipient's phone number.  For best results, you should specify the
# phone number in E.164 format.
destinationNumber = "+14255550142"

# The content of the SMS message.
message = ("This is a sample message sent from Amazon SNS by using the "
           "AWS SDK for Python (Boto 3).")

# The type of SMS message that you want to send. If you plan to send
# time-sensitive content, specify Transactional. If you plan to send
# marketing-related content, specify Promotional.
messageType = "Transactional"

# Create a new client and specify a region.
client = boto3.client('sns',region_name=region)
try:
    response = client.set_sms_attributes(attributes={"DefaultSMSType":messageType})
    response = client.publish(
        PhoneNumber=destinationNumber,
        Message=message
    )

except ClientError as e:
    print(e.response['Error']['Message'])
else:
    print("Message sent! Message ID: "
            + response['MessageId'])