pushover-send.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import http.client
import urllib
import argparse
import sys

import logging
logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG)
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)


def parse_args():
	argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
		description="Send a message via pushover.net")

	argparser.add_argument(
		"--to", metavar="RECIPIENT_TOKEN",
		required=True,
		dest="recipient")
	argparser.add_argument(
		"--application", metavar="APP_TOKEN",
		required=True,
		dest="app")
	argparser.add_argument(
		"--title", metavar="TEXT",
		required=False,
		dest="title")

	return argparser.parse_args()


def send(app_token, recipient_token, message, title=None):

	payload = {
		"token": app_token,
	    "user": recipient_token,
	    "message": message,
	}

	if title is not None:
		payload["title"] = title


	conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.pushover.net:443")

	conn.request("POST",
				"/1/messages.json",
			  	urllib.parse.urlencode(payload),
			  	{ "Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" })

	return conn.getresponse()


if __name__ == "__main__":
	args = parse_args()
	message=sys.stdin.read()
	send(args.app, args.recipient, message, args.title)