GOV.UK Notify

GOV.UK Notify Python Client

Official Python client library for the GOV.UK Notify API. Wraps the REST API with idiomatic Python methods for sending SMS, email, and letter notifications; retrieving notification status; listing notifications with filtering; fetching templates and previewing them; and handling inbound received text messages. Available on PyPI as notifications-python-client.

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https://docs.notifications.service.gov.uk/python.html

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: gov-uk-notify:python-client
name: GOV.UK Notify Python Client
description: Official Python client library for the GOV.UK Notify API. Wraps the REST API with idiomatic
  Python methods for sending SMS, email, and letter notifications; retrieving notification status; listing
  notifications with filtering; fetching templates and previewing them; and handling inbound received
  text messages. Available on PyPI as notifications-python-client.
humanURL: https://docs.notifications.service.gov.uk/python.html
baseURL: https://api.notifications.service.gov.uk
tags:
- Python
- SDK
- Client Library
- Notification
tags_raw:
- Python
- SDK
- Client Library
- Notifications
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.notifications.service.gov.uk/python.html
- type: x-github
  url: https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-python-client