python email
import email, smtplib, ssl
from email import encoders
from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
subject = "An email with attachment from Python"
body = "This is an email with attachment sent from Python"
sender_email = "[email protected]"
receiver_email = "[email protected]"
password = input("Type your password and press enter:")
# Create a multipart message and set headers
message = MIMEMultipart()
message["From"] = sender_email
message["To"] = receiver_email
message["Subject"] = subject
message["Bcc"] = receiver_email # Recommended for mass emails
# Add body to email
message.attach(MIMEText(body, "plain"))
filename = "document.pdf" # In same directory as script
# Open PDF file in binary mode
with open(filename, "rb") as attachment:
# Add file as application/octet-stream
# Email client can usually download this automatically as attachment
part = MIMEBase("application", "octet-stream")
part.set_payload(attachment.read())
# Encode file in ASCII characters to send by email
encoders.encode_base64(part)
# Add header as key/value pair to attachment part
part.add_header(
"Content-Disposition",
f"attachment; filename= {filename}",
)
# Add attachment to message and convert message to string
message.attach(part)
text = message.as_string()
# Log in to server using secure context and send email
context = ssl.create_default_context()
with smtplib.SMTP_SSL("smtp.gmail.com", 465, context=context) as server:
server.login(sender_email, password)
server.sendmail(sender_email, receiver_email, text)