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Python Script For Sending Free Sms Using Way2sms.com

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#!/usr/bin/python

__author__ = """
NAME: Abhijeet Rastogi (shadyabhi)
Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/abhijeet.1989
"""

import cookielib
import urllib2
from getpass import getpass
import sys
from urllib import urlencode
from getopt import getopt

username = None
passwd = None
message = None
number = None

def Usage():
print '\t-h, --help:  View help'
print '\t-u, --username: Username'
print '\t-p, --password: Password'
print '\t-n, --number: numbber to send the sms'
print '\t-m, --message: Message to send'
sys.exit(1)


opts, args = getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'u:p:m:n:h',["username=","password=","message=","number=","help"])

for o,v in opts:
if o in ("-h", "--help"):
Usage()
elif o in ("-u", "--username"):
username = v
ask_username = False
elif o in ("-p", "--password"):
passwd = v
ask_password = False
elif o in ("-m", "--message"):
message = v
ask_message = False
elif o in ("-n", "--number"):
number = v
ask_number = False

#Credentials taken here
if username is None: username = raw_input("Enter USERNAME: ")
if passwd is None: passwd = getpass()
if message is None: message = raw_input("Enter Message: ")
if number is None: number = raw_input("Enter Mobile number: ")

#Logging into the SMS Site
url = 'http://wwwb.way2sms.com//auth.cl'
data = 'username='+username+'&password='+passwd+'&Submit=Sign+in'

#Remember, Cookies are to be handled
cj = cookielib.CookieJar()
opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj))

# To fool way2sms as if a Web browser is visiting the site
opener.addheaders = [('User-Agent','Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20091020 Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Firefox/3.5.3 GTB7.0')]
try:
usock = opener.open(url, data)
except IOError:
print "Check your internet connection"
sys.exit(1)

#urlencode performed.. Because it was done by the site as i checked through HTTP headers

message = urlencode({'message':message})
message = message[message.find("=")+1:]

#SMS sending
send_sms_url = 'http://wwwb.way2sms.com//FirstServletsms?custid='
send_sms_data = 'custid=undefined&HiddenAction=instantsms&Action=custfrom950000&login=&pass=&MobNo='+number+'&textArea='+message
opener.addheaders = [('Referer','http://wwwb.way2sms.com//jsp/InstantSMS.jsp?val=0')]

try:
sms_sent_page = opener.open(send_sms_url,send_sms_data)
except IOError:
print "Check your internet connection( while sending sms)"
sys.exit(1)
print "SMS sent!!!"


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