alex-magana / bc-8-contact-sms

A console application for managing contacts. Create contacts, search contacts, send messages and sync contact with Firebase.

bc-8-contact-sms

CONTACT MANAGER AND SMS SERVICE

Introduction

* A utility that allows you to:
  * 1.Save your contacts.
  * 2.Search you contacts.
  * 3.Send one-way text messages to a contact of choice.
  * 4.Sync contacts on firebase.

* Usage:
  * contacts_manage add -p <phonenumber> -n <name>...')
  * contacts_manage search <name>')
  * contacts_manage text <name> -m <messagebody>...')
  * contacts_manage sync -c')
  * contacts_manage retrieve -c')
  * contacts_manage (-i | --interactive)')
  * contacts_manage (-h | --help | --version)')

* Options:
  * -i, --interactive  Interactive Mode')
  * -h, --help  Show this screen and exit.')
  * --version  Show version.')
* type help for a list of commands.

##Installation and Setup

1. Install python

   • Download Python onto your computer by using the following links

     • Windows - Python Downloads
     • Mac - Python for Mac OS X
     • Ubuntu - install python2.x and python2.x-dev packages
     • Other systems - see the general download page

   • To ensure you have Python on your computer:

     • Open the Command Prompt
     • Type Python.
     • If you have Python installed, you should see a response that includes the version number.

2. Clone the repository to your local folder of your choice

   • On GitHub navigate the main page of the repository. Here - automatic!
   • Under the repository name, click on the URL and copy it
   • Open Git Bash
   • Change the working directory on cmd to the location where you want your clone made
   • Type 'git clone ' and paste the URL *Press Enter to finish creating your cloned repository

3. Install the virtual environment

   • To install globally with pip type the command $ pip install virtualenv

4. Install required modules

   • Open the requirements.txt file and pip install the required modules using pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run Contacts Manager & SMS app

   • On your console type in python contacts_commands.py -i to run the app interactively