Sends a message via XMPP. Set your own jid and password and the target jid. Takes in args from command line and sends them as a message. Install xmpppy: pip install xmpppy

xmpp_notify.py

import sys
import xmpp

your_jid = ""
password = ""
target_jid = ""

def main():

    message = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
    message = message.strip()

    jid = xmpp.protocol.JID(your_jid)
    client = xmpp.Client(jid.getDomain(), debug=[])
    client.connect()
    client.auth(jid.getNode(), password)
    client.sendInitPresence()

    message = xmpp.Message(target_jid, message)
    message.setAttr('type', 'chat')

    client.send(message)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()