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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import base64
+import http.client
+import json
+import optparse
+import os
+import os.path
+import urllib.parse
+
+HOST = "api.faxage.com"
+
+
+def send_fax(document, username, company, password, recip_fax, recip_name='', sender_name='', sender_phone=''):
+    with open(document, 'rb') as raw_file:
+        fax_data = raw_file.read()
+    fax_data_b64 = base64.b64encode(fax_data)
+
+    document_name = os.path.basename(document)
+
+    parameters = {
+        # API call and authentication:
+        'host':                 HOST,
+        'username':             username,
+        'company':              company,
+        'password':             password,
+        'operation':            'sendfax',
+        # fax information:
+        'faxfilenames[]':       document_name,
+        'faxfiledata[]':        fax_data_b64,
+        # 'faxfiledata[]':        fax_data,
+        # recipient information:
+        'faxno':                recip_fax,
+        'recipname':            recip_name,
+        # sender information:
+        'tagname':              sender_name,
+        'tagnumber':            sender_phone,
+    }
+
+    payload_length = 0
+    payload = []
+    for key, value in parameters.items():
+        item = '%s=%s' % (key, urllib.parse.quote(value))
+        payload.append(item)
+        payload_length += len(item)
+    # account for & between items.
+    payload_length += len(payload) - 1
+
+    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(HOST)
+    conn.putrequest("POST", '/httpsfax.php')
+
+    conn.connect()
+    conn.putheader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+    conn.putheader('Content-Length', payload_length)
+    conn.endheaders()
+    conn.send(bytes('&'.join(payload), 'utf-8'))
+    resp = conn.getresponse()
+
+    print('Response...')
+    print(resp.read())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(prog="example", description="Send a fax via FAXAGE using python.")
+    parser.add_option("-a", "--document", help="The document to fax.")
+    # note: user the prefix of your email, e.g., myemail@gmail.com, use "myemail" as username
+    parser.add_option("-u", "--username", help="The FAXAGE API username.", default="")
+    # You'll probably to need to get your "company ID from faxage support (usually a 5 digit #)
+    parser.add_option("-c", "--company", help="The FAXAGE API company.", default="")
+    parser.add_option("-p", "--password", help="The FAXAGE API password.", default="")
+    parser.add_option("-r", "--recipient", help="The fax number to send the document to.")
+    parser.add_option("-d", "--debug", action="store_true", help="Break into debugger before the interesting bits.")
+
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not options.document:
+        parser.error('You must supply a document to fax using the --document argument.')
+    if not options.username or not options.company or not options.password:
+        parser.error('You must supply a username, company and password to access the FAXAGE API.')
+    if not options.recipient:
+        parser.error('You must supply a fax number using the --recipient argument.')
+
+    if options.debug:
+        import pdb
+        pdb.set_trace()
+
+    send_fax(options.document, options.username, options.company, options.password, options.recipient)