Happy Send

Happy-Send is a tool that makes it easy to send wishes to lots of people through short text messages.

It simply parses a CSV file and uses KDE Connect command line tool to control your smartphone.

Installation

Make sure that a recent version of Crystal (0.35) is installed
Make sure that kdeconnect-cli is installed

Then run the following commands :

$ shards install
$ make build

That should create the binary _build/happy-send

Usage

Available options

Happy Send - Mass send short text messages via your smartphone + kdeconnect

Usage:

  main_of_clim_library [options] [arguments]

Options:

  -s, --send                       really send messages (dry-run by default) [type:Bool]
  -w, --wait=SECONDS               wait SECONDS between each message (default: 5) [type:Int32] [default:5]
  -v, --verbose                    enable debug messages [type:Bool]
  -c FILE, --csv=FILE              CSV with firstname,lastname,number,message [type:String] [required]
  --help                           Show this help.

Preparing your file

Fill a CSV file respecting the structure below. Note you can insert variables from other columns within your message.

"group","firstname","lastname","number","message"
"MAINTAINER","Glenn","Rolland","+33673983956","Happy new year {{ firstname }} !"
"HEROES","Jon","Snow","+33xxxxxx","Happy new year {{ firstname }} ! Winter is coming."
"HEROES","Harry","Potter","+32xxxxxx","Happy new year {{ firstname }} ! Expecto patronum in 2021 !"
"HEROES","Luke","Skywalker","+33xxxxxx","Happy new year {{ firstname }} ! May the force be with you in 2021"

Verify what will be done with the following command. No message will be sent yet :

$ _build/happy-send --csv config/friends.csv

Sending the messages !

Make sure your that

Your smartphone has the KDE Connect app installed.
Your smartphone is connected on the same wifi network as your computer

Verify that your computer is able to detect your smartphone

$ kdeconnect-cli -a
- Galaxy S8: b4fade0a33cdf703 (paired and reachable)
1 device found

If it is ok for you, launch it for real :

$ _build/happy-send --send --csv config/friends.csv

Contributing

Fork it ( http://github.com/glenux/happy-send/fork )
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request

Credits

Glenn Y. ROLLAND - author & maintainer:
You? Fork the project and become a contributor!

Got questions? Need help? Tweet at @glenux

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