Archive for July, 2009
Google Voice Command Line Script
by trixter on Jul.28, 2009, under Telephony
UPDATE: Aug-20-2009 I added the ability to use a ~/.netrc file (if Net::Netrc is installed, if its not it will not use that 
I also fixed the meta following problem. Fixed a couple other bugs – like the username/pass incorrect not reporting that error properly. You should upgrade to the new version now.
UPDATE: Sept-10-2009 I added the ability to send calls/sms messages to named contacts. It will use your google voice contact data, so if you want to use this feature you have to create a contact in google voice and use the nickname that you gave them. I changed the way arguments are passed, run the program for usage information. If you were already using this you will have to adjust how you call the program.
I wrote a perl script that lets you interface with your Google Voice account. You can place a call, cancel a call, and send a SMS message easily. This is ideal for people that want to send SMS messages for system alerts, or for other reasons.
In order to use this script you must first download it. Then edit the username, password and default number variables near the top of the script. Install any missing perl modules based on whatever distribution you have, if you run the script it will tell you what it is missing. Invalid args or no args will give you a help screen.
