pymes

A simple, lightweight Python wrapper for the Facebook Messenger API.

Installation

No installation command is available yet as this package is not yet published to PyPI. Once published, you will be able to install it via pip:

pip install pymes-api

Usage

Basic Example

from pymes import MessengerClient, Text, Attachment

# Initialize the client
sender = MessengerClient(page_access_token="YOUR_PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN")

# Send a text message
sender.send(recipient_id="USER_ID", message=Text("Hello, world!"))

# Send an attachment (Image)
sender.send("USER_ID", Attachment("image", "https://example.com/image.jpg"))

# Mark as seen
sender.send("USER_ID", action="mark_seen")

Supported Message Types

• Text: Simple text messages.
• Attachment: Images, files, audio, video.
• QuickReply: Messages with quick reply buttons.
• GenericTemplate: Carousel-like templates with images and buttons.

Django Support (New)

You can easily handle incoming messages using the MessengerView.

# views.py
from pymes.adapter.django import MessengerView

class BotView(MessengerView):
    verify_token = "YOUR_VERIFY_TOKEN"
    app_id = "YOUR_PAGE_ID" # Optional verification

    def handle_message(self, metadata):
        sender_id = metadata['sender_id']
        message = metadata['payload']
        print(f"Message from {sender_id}: {message}")

    # handle any event defining a method with the event name like handle_{event name}
    

# urls.py
from django.urls import path
from .views import BotView

urlpatterns = [
    path("webhook/", BotView.as_view()),
]

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• requests library

License

MIT License