kushdab/attendance-sms-sender-20260624c

Integration tool using Africa's Talking API to send automated school attendance alerts to parents. # Attendance SMS Sender 2026 This project integrates the **Africa's Talking API** to send automated SMS alerts to parents regarding their children's school attendance. ## Features - Batch process attendance from CSV files. - Automatic message formatting for 'Absent' vs 'Late' statuses. - Full logging of API responses and delivery statuses. - Environment variable support for secure API key management. ## Setup 1. Install dependencies: ```bash pip install -r requirements.txt ``` 2. Create a `.env` file with your credentials: ```env AT_USERNAME=your_username AT_API_KEY=your_api_key AT_SENDER_ID=your_sender_id_optional ``` 3. Prepare an `attendance.csv` file with the following headers: `student_name,parent_phone,status` ## Usage Run the script directly: ```bash python sms.py ``` ## CSV Example ```csv student_name,parent_phone,status Jane Smith,+254711223344,absent John Doe,+254722334455,present ```