Command-line utility for sending jabber messages.

xsend

#!/usr/bin/python
# xsend: command-line utility for sending jabber messages
# http://xmpppy.sourceforge.net/
#

import sys,os,xmpp,time

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print "Syntax: xsend JID msg"
    sys.exit(0)

tojid = sys.argv[1]
#msg = ' '.join(sys.argv[2:])
data = sys.stdin.readlines()
msg = ' '.join(data)

username = 'user@domain.tld/resource'
password = 'yourpassword'

jid=xmpp.protocol.JID(username)
cl=xmpp.Client(jid.getDomain(),debug=[])

con=cl.connect()
if not con: 
    sys.exit()

auth=cl.auth(jid.getNode(),password,resource=jid.getResource())
if not auth:
    sys.exit()

#cl.SendInitPresence(requestRoster=0)   # you may need to uncomment this for old server
id=cl.send(xmpp.protocol.Message(tojid, msg))

time.sleep(1)   # some older servers will not send the message if you disconnect immediately after sending

#cl.disconnect()