# Azure Communication Messages Package client library for Python

This package contains a Python SDK for Azure Communication Services for Messages(Advanced Messaging).
Read more about Azure Communication Services [here][product_docs]

[Source code][source] | [Package (Pypi)][pypi] | [Product documentation][product_docs]

## _Disclaimer_

_Azure SDK Python packages support for Python 2.7 has ended 01 January 2022. For more information and questions, please refer to https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/20691_

## Getting started

### Prequisites

- Python 3.8 or later is required to use this package.
- You need an [Azure subscription][azure_sub] to use this package.
- An existing Communication Messages instance.

## Key concepts

Azure Communication Services enables you to send and receive WhatsApp messages using the Azure Communication Services Messages SDK. It can be used to send out messages like appointment reminders, shipping updates, two-factor authentication, and other notification scenarios.

### Installating the package

```bash
python -m pip install azure-communication-messages
```

### Create with an Azure Active Directory Credential

To use an [Azure Active Directory (AAD) token credential][authenticate_with_token],
provide an instance of the desired credential type obtained from the
[azure-identity][azure_identity_credentials] library.

To authenticate with AAD, you must first [pip][pip] install [`azure-identity`][azure_identity_pip]

After setup, you can choose which type of [credential][azure_identity_credentials] from azure.identity to use.
As an example, [DefaultAzureCredential][default_azure_credential] can be used to authenticate the client:

Set the values of the client ID, tenant ID, and client secret of the AAD application as environment variables:
`AZURE_CLIENT_ID`, `AZURE_TENANT_ID`, `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET`

Use the returned token credential to authenticate the client:

```python
>>> from azure.communication.messages import NotificationMessagesClient
>>> from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
>>> client = NotificationMessagesClient(endpoint='<endpoint>', credential=DefaultAzureCredential())
```

### Examples

```python
>>> from azure.communication.messages import NotificationMessagesClient
>>> from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
>>> from azure.core.exceptions import HttpResponseError

>>> client = NotificationMessagesClient(endpoint='<endpoint>', credential=DefaultAzureCredential())
>>> try:
        # write test code here
    except HttpResponseError as e:
        print('service responds error: {}'.format(e.response.json()))

```

## Troubleshooting

Running into issues? This section should contain details as to what to do there.

## Next steps

- [Read more about Azure Communication Services Messages][nextsteps]

## Contributing

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For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com.

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[Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct][code_of_conduct]. For more information,
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<!-- LINKS -->
[code_of_conduct]: https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/
[authenticate_with_token]: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/authentication?tabs=powershell#authenticate-with-an-authentication-token
[azure_identity_credentials]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/identity/azure-identity#credentials
[azure_identity_pip]: https://pypi.org/project/azure-identity/
[default_azure_credential]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/identity/azure-identity#defaultazurecredential
[pip]: https://pypi.org/project/pip/
[azure_sub]: https://azure.microsoft.com

[source]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/communication/azure-communication-messages
[product_docs]: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/communication-services/overview
[pypi]: https://pypi.org
[nextsteps]: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/communication-services/concepts/advanced-messaging/whatsapp/whatsapp-overview