A basic pushover client in python

pushover.py

import requests
import sys
 
po = "https://api.pushover.net"
token = ""
user_key = ""
messages_endpoint = "/1/messages.json"
 
def main(message):
    r = push(message)
    status = r.json()['status']
    if status != 1:
        print("There was a problem with the request")
        print("Errors:")
        print(r.json()['errors'])
    return r #in case you want to call the function from another script and look closer
 
def push(message, user_key=user_key, token=token):
    params={
        "token":token,
        "user":user_key,
        "message":message
    }
    r = requests.post(po+messages_endpoint,params)
    return r
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    args = sys.argv
    if len(args) !=2:
        print("Usage: python pushover.py 'message'")
        main(str(args[1]))