Pseudo-code for Sending Attachments

attachments.py

'''
Pseudo-code example of sending an attachment via SendGrid's API lib. This assumes that 
you're using one of our coding libraries with helper methods (though this is more or less a Python library example)
'''
import sendgrid
from sendgrid.helpers.mail import *
import datetime
import base64

mail = Mail()

attachment = Attachment()
with open(stats_file, 'rb') as data:    # you must read the file in binary
    attachment.set_content(base64.b64encode(data.read()).decode())    # Encode data in base-64
    attachment.set_type('image/<file_extension>')    # jpg, tiff etc.
    attachment.set_filename('name_of_file')
    attachment.set_disposition("attachment")
    attachment.set_content_id("<arbitrary_value>")
    
mail.add_attachment(attachment)