Spam your friends with Christmas Greetings

merryspam.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Spam your phonebook (Nokia) with Christmas cheer.
#
# Usage: merryspam.py vcards names
#
# How do I get the "vcards"?
#
#   gnokii --getphonebook ME 1 end -v > ME.vcards
#   gnokii --getphonebook SM 1 end -v > SM.vcards
#   cat ME.vcards SM.vcards > vcards
#
# How do I get the "names"?
#
#    grep "^FN:" vcards | cut -c 4- > names
#
# Then edit for the "names" you /actually/ want to receive cheer.
#
# (Careful, "names" will have \r\n style newlines.)
#

import subprocess
import sys
import time

import vobject

class SMSException(Exception):
    pass

def send_text(pn, msg):
    assert int(pn)

    g = subprocess.Popen("/usr/bin/gnokii --sendsms %s" % pn,
                         stdin = subprocess.PIPE,
                         shell = True)

    g.communicate(msg)
    g.wait()

    if g.returncode:
        raise SMSException("Failed text to %s!" % pn)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    fn_vcards, fn_names = sys.argv[1:]

    in_vcards = file(fn_vcards)
    vcards = vobject.readComponents(in_vcards)

    in_names = file(fn_names)
    names = [name.strip() for name in in_names.readlines()]

    for v in vcards:
        if v.fn.value in names:
            while True:
                try:
                    send_text(v.tel.value, "Merry Christmas!")
                except SMSException:
                    print "Gimme a sec, the telephone company rate-limited us..."
                    time.sleep(30)
                else:
                    break

            print "OK %s" % v.fn.value
            names.remove(v.fn.value)

    print "No hit: %s" % names