from __future__ import print_function import sys, json from wormhole.transcribe import Receiver APPID = "lothar.com/wormhole/text-xfer" # we're receiving code = sys.argv[1] blob = b"{}" r = Receiver(APPID, blob, code) them_bytes = r.get_data() them_d = json.loads(them_bytes.decode("utf-8")) print(them_d["message"])