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How to Send Push Notifications from a Python Script

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Your Python script finishes a 2-hour data processing job at 3 AM. A monitoring script detects a spike in error rates. A cron job fails silently. In all these cases, you need to know -- immediately, on your phone, not in a log file.

BotBell's Python SDK lets you add push notifications to any script in 3 lines of code.

Step 1: Install the SDK

pip install botbell

Zero dependencies. Works with Python 3.9+.

Step 2: Create a Bot

Sign up at botbell.app, create a bot, and copy the Bot Token.

Step 3: Send Notifications

Basic Notification

from botbell import BotBell

bot = BotBell("bt_your_token_here")
bot.send("Data processing complete. 1.2M rows imported.")

Monitoring Script

import psutil
from botbell import BotBell

bot = BotBell("bt_your_token_here")

cpu = psutil.cpu_percent(interval=5)
mem = psutil.virtual_memory().percent

if cpu > 90 or mem > 85:
    bot.send(
        f"Server alert: CPU {cpu}%, Memory {mem}%",
        title="High Resource Usage"
    )

Ask for a Decision

reply = bot.send_and_wait(
    "ETL job found 847 duplicate records. What should I do?",
    actions=[
        {"label": "Skip duplicates", "action": "skip"},
        {"label": "Merge records", "action": "merge"},
        {"label": "Abort job", "action": "abort"}
    ]
)

if reply.action == "skip":
    skip_duplicates()
elif reply.action == "merge":
    merge_records()
else:
    abort_job()

Your phone buzzes with three buttons. Tap one, and the script continues.

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