In order to be able to make a Python script that uses signal-cli, you need to start it over dbus.įor that, you need to add these three files: Guide can be found hereįurther instructions can be found here. run signal-cli -config /var/lib/signal-cli -u +4915151111111 register -captcha TOKEN (replace TOKEN with whatever comes after signalcaptcha://).

or (on Firefox) you'll get a message on the console which says Prevented navigation to “signalcaptcha://. you'll then either get redirected to a link which looks like signalcaptcha://.If you get a Captcha invalid or required for verification This can be done by running signal-cli -config /var/lib/signal-cli -u +4915151111111 register You then need to register your phone number (even if you already registered it on another device). You can follow the installation guide, or just paste the instructions below to install it for version 0.10.9. Step 1: Installing and configuring signal-cli In fact, it does not provide a public API for sending and receiving messages, and the only valid tool I've found that can be used for Signal apart from their official apps is signal-cli. Unlike Telegram, however, it does not have support for bots. Signal has evolved a lot in the past few years, and now has all the major features a messaging app needs: group chats, stickers, reactions, phone/video calls. My friends and I decided to switch to Signal as an alternative to Whatsapp, which unlike Signal collects a lot of metadata of your messages and is owned by a big tech company (Facebook), and Telegram, which stores all your (encrypted) data on their servers. Signal is a cross-platform, centralized (😞), encrypted messaging service that I've been using for a few years now. If anything doesn't work, feel free to contact me. Note: This guide was updated on as it was previously outdated.

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