Push a message to a Pushbullet account

pushbullet_msg.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# pushbullet_msg.py - Push a message to a Pushbullet account

import argparse, requests, sys

MESSAGE_URL = "https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes"

def push_msg(title, body, key):
  push_data = {"type":"note", "title":title, "body":body}

  r = requests.post(MESSAGE_URL, auth=requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(key, ""), data=push_data)

  return r.text

if __name__ == "__main__":
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Sends push notifications")
  parser.add_argument("--title", default="A message from Python")
  parser.add_argument("--body", default=sys.stdin)
  parser.add_argument("--key", required=True)

  args = parser.parse_args()
  push_msg(args.title, args.body, args.key)