This project consists of a high level Python API for the [http://www.sipgate.de/basic/api](Sipgate basic API) and a GUI which is based around a tray icon using this API.

The GUI offers the following features:

• initiate voice calls
• detect phone numbers from clipboard
• SMS functionality
• show account balance

There is a setup.py for automated installation. To install pysipgate simply call:

./setup.py install --user

The GUI is configured in the file ~/.pysipgate. It should look like this:

[account]
user: thammi
password: 123456

To use the GUI (which is based around a tray icon) simply call

pysipgate

There are also some command line options. You can send an SMS with one simple comand

echo "Hello World!" | pysipgate --sms 49123456789

To initiate a voice call from the command line run

pysipgate --call 0123456789

• SMS need a phone number with national area code