Raspberry Pi boot SMS IP address script

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Raspberry Pi boot SMS IP address script

Set environment variables

Open .bashrc

sudo nano ~/.bashrc

At the end of the file add two variables

TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=<your_key_here>
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=<your_token_here>

Reload .bashrc file

source ~/.bashrc

Install the Twilio python lib

pip install twilio

Setup crontab

sudo crontab -e

Paste the following (make sure the path to the ip.py scipt matches)

@reboot /bin/sleep 60; /home/pi/scripts/boot/ip.py &

ip.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import subprocess, os
from twilio.rest import TwilioRestClient

# Get hostname(s)
result = subprocess.check_output('hostname -I', shell=True).rstrip()

# Send SMS
account_sid = os.environ['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID']
auth_token  = os.environ['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN']
client = TwilioRestClient(account_sid, auth_token)

message = client.messages.create(body=result,
    to="+19522006798",
    from_="+16122607545")
print message.sid