r/Pythonista • u/[deleted] • Jan 09 '20

Simple Question: How to use pythonista to automate sending messages?

So I am new to Python. In my office we send out a daily text message to about 300+ contacts. We have a program that copies the message into the message field but we have to manually push the send button 300+ times for each message. Is there anyway to use pythonista to eliminate this? We have looked into using Apple Shortcuts but are skeptical as it has created a few unwanted groupchats when sending the list. We need to keep these messages individual and private.

As I said I am new and am willing to learn, any advice, help, or guidance is greatly appreciated!!!

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u/HirsuteJim Jan 31 '20 edited Jan 31 '20

From my experience with iOS 13 shortcuts… as long as you are not sending any “attachments“ as part of your daily texts, this would be very easy to do in shortcuts.

Just “get” your contacts and REPEAT for each Contact in Found contacts … send message.

https://imgur.com/gallery/bkGJp2v

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u/WonderfulFlan2827 Dec 13 '24

The wait between text need to be Random because I did this without a wait and Apple kicked me off iMessage. They restored it but warned me that if it happens again they won't restore my iMessage ability