Using twilio as a nagios sms gateway

alertsms.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from twilio.rest import TwilioRestClient
import getopt, sys

def usage():
    print "Usage Instructions for alertsms.py"
    print "  -h --help:  Shows this text, exits"
    print "  -o --output [number]: sends SMS to that number"
    print "  -v: enables verbose output"
    print "  -i --input [message]: message to send"

def main():
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "hi:o:v", ["help","input=" "output="])
    except getopt.GetoptError, err:
        print str(err)
        usage()
        sys.exit(2)
        
    output = None
    message = "Test from Nagios SMS Gateway."
    verbose = False
    for o, a in opts:
        if o == "-v":
            verbose = True
        elif o in ("-h", "--help"):
            usage()
            sys.exit()
        elif o in ("-o", "--output"):
            output = a
        elif o in ("-i", "--input"):
            message = a
        else:
            assert False, "unhandled option"

    account = "ACCOUNT_NUMBER_HERE"
    token = "ACCOUNT_TOKEN_HERE"
    client = TwilioRestClient(account, token)
    if verbose == True:
        print "Sending " + message + " to " + output
    message = client.sms.messages.create(to=output, from_="PHONENUMBERHERE",
                                        body=message)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()