text-cli

Text

Send text messages using the command line. Supports SMS (via Twilio) and WhatsApp.

Install

npm install text-cli

Use

Send an SMS:

node text --service twilio --to [phone] --message 'hello world'

Send a WhatsApp message:

node text --service whatsapp --to [phone] --message 'hello world'

Setup

This tool requires setup before you can use it. The configuration file is located in ~/.textrc.json by default and is expected to have a section per service provider. A skeleton file is provided and looks like this:

{
  "twilio": {
    "number": "NUMBER",
    "accountSID": "ACCOUNT SID",
    "authToken": "AUTH TOKEN"
  },
  "whatsapp": {
    "ccode": "COUNTRY CODE",
    "msisdn": "NUMBER",
    "username": "USERNAME",
    "password": "PASSWORD"
  }
}

Read below on setting up for the different providers.

SMS (Twilio)

You should have a Twilio account. Once you have your number (say, [phone]), Account SID, and Auth Token, you should put them in the twilio section of the configuration file.

WhatsApp

You should have a registered phone number. Put your country code, phone number without the leading + sign ("msisdn"), username, and password in the whatsapp section of the configuration file.

Contributing

This project follows the "OPEN Open Source" philosophy. If you submit a pull request and it gets merged you will most likely be given commit access to this repository.

License

ISC.