mostr-zulip-bot/zulip/zulip/examples/send-message

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse

import zulip

usage = """send-message [options] <recipients>

Sends a test message to the specified recipients.

Example: send-message --type=stream commits --subject="my subject" --message="test message"
Example: send-message user1@example.com user2@example.com
"""
parser = zulip.add_default_arguments(argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=usage))
parser.add_argument('recipients', nargs='+')
parser.add_argument('--subject', default='test')
parser.add_argument('--message', default='test message')
parser.add_argument('--type', default='private')
options = parser.parse_args()

client = zulip.init_from_options(options)

message_data = {
    'type': options.type,
    'content': options.message,
    'subject': options.subject,
    'to': options.recipients,
}
print(client.send_message(message_data))