Blasts a set of users an SMS right before a required event.

• Python
• PIP
• SQLite3

• Add support for multiple granularities of events (i.e. required, optional, suggested) and modify SMS sending to reflect different categories.
• Partially revert change allowing numbers to be stored in SQLite or Google Spreadsheet.

git clone git@github.com:wschurman/sms-cal-blast.git && cd sms-cal-blast && pip install -r requirements.txt

1. Create a Google API Project and authenticate a Service Account https://code.google.com/apis/console
2. Download the key file, and move it to the sms-cal-blast directory
3. mv config_private_template.json config_private.json
4. Fill in config_private.json with your own values.
   • DEBUG : 1 or 0
   • DEBUG_SMTP : 1 or 0, debug SMTP messages
   • API_HOST : IP address, 0.0.0.0 is localhost
   • API_PORT : port to run webserver on, must be free port
   • SMTP_SENDER : The from email address in the messages
   • SMTP_SERVER : The smtp server you would like to use
   • SMTP_PORT : The smtp port you would like to use
   • FILE_ID : The ID of the spreadsheet file containing the numbers. Oddly specific.
   • CALENDAR_ID : The Google Calendar ID, gotten from Calendar Settings page in Google Calendar
   • SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME : Email Address from service account in API console.
   • SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEYFILE : The name of the service account keyfile.

To run the Calendar and SMS blaster thread:

./app.py

To run the HTTP API for number insertion:

./app.py --api-mode

Run the following command from the root directory of the app (sms-cal-blast)

python -m unittest discover smscalblast '*_test.py'

William Schurman

Bryan Cuccioli