From e9e473597147999e21f883f2914124a8c814b6cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: superchilled <karl@superchilled.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 11:51:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Adding Messages SMS Basic Auth snippet

---
 messages/sms/send-sms-basic-auth.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 messages/sms/send-sms-basic-auth.py

diff --git a/messages/sms/send-sms-basic-auth.py b/messages/sms/send-sms-basic-auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52a7d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/messages/sms/send-sms-basic-auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import os
+from os.path import dirname, join
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+dotenv_path = join(dirname(__file__), "../../.env")
+load_dotenv(dotenv_path)
+
+VONAGE_API_KEY = os.getenv('VONAGE_API_KEY')
+VONAGE_API_SECRET = os.getenv('VONAGE_API_SECRET')
+MESSAGES_TO_NUMBER = os.getenv("MESSAGES_TO_NUMBER")
+SMS_SENDER_ID = os.getenv("SMS_SENDER_ID")
+
+from vonage import Auth, Vonage
+from vonage_messages import Sms
+
+client = Vonage(
+    Auth(
+        api_key=VONAGE_API_KEY,
+        api_secret=VONAGE_API_SECRET,
+    )
+)
+
+response = client.messages.send(
+    Sms(
+        to=MESSAGES_TO_NUMBER,
+        from_=SMS_SENDER_ID,
+        text='This is an SMS sent using the Vonage Messages API.',
+    )
+)
+print(response)