python-zulip-api/zulip/examples/send-message

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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from __future__ import print_function
import argparse

import zulip

usage = """send-message --user=<bot's email address> --api-key=<bot's api key> [options] <recipients>

Sends a test message to the specified recipients.

Example: send-message --user=your-bot@example.com --api-key=a0b1c2d3e4f5a6b7c8d9e0f1a2b3c4d5 --type=stream commits --subject="my subject" --message="test message"
Example: send-message --user=your-bot@example.com --api-key=a0b1c2d3e4f5a6b7c8d9e0f1a2b3c4d5 user1@example.com user2@example.com

You can omit --user and --api-key arguments if you have a properly set up ~/.zuliprc
"""
parser = zulip.add_default_arguments(argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=usage))
parser.add_argument('recipients', nargs='*')
parser.add_argument('--subject', default="test")
parser.add_argument('--message', default="test message")
parser.add_argument('--type', default='private')
options = parser.parse_args()

client = zulip.init_from_options(options)

message_data = {
    "type": options.type,
    "content": options.message,
    "subject": options.subject,
    "to": options.recipients,
}
print(client.send_message(message_data))