Golang - send an email with attachments.

sender.go

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/base64"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"mime/multipart"
	"net/smtp"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
)

var (
	host       = os.Getenv("EMAIL_HOST")
	username   = os.Getenv("EMAiL_USERNAME")
	password   = os.Getenv("EMAIL_PASSWORD")
	portNumber = os.Getenv("EMAIL_PORT")
)


type Sender struct {
	auth smtp.Auth
}

type Message struct {
	To          []string
	CC          []string
	BCC         []string
	Subject     string
	Body        string
	Attachments map[string][]byte
}

func New() *Sender {
	auth := smtp.PlainAuth("", username, password, host)
	return &Sender{auth}
}

func (s *Sender) Send(m *Message) error {
	return smtp.SendMail(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", host, portNumber), s.auth, username, m.To, m.ToBytes())
}

func NewMessage(s, b string) *Message {
	return &Message{Subject: s, Body: b, Attachments: make(map[string][]byte)}
}

func (m *Message) AttachFile(src string) error {
	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	_, fileName := filepath.Split(src)
	m.Attachments[fileName] = b
	return nil
}

func (m *Message) ToBytes() []byte {
	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
	withAttachments := len(m.Attachments) > 0
	buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Subject: %s\n", m.Subject))
	buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("To: %s\n", strings.Join(m.To, ",")))
	if len(m.CC) > 0 {
		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Cc: %s\n", strings.Join(m.CC, ",")))
	}
	
	if len(m.BCC) > 0 {
		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Bcc: %s\n", strings.Join(m.BCC, ",")))
	}
	
	buf.WriteString("MIME-Version: 1.0\n")
	writer := multipart.NewWriter(buf)
	boundary := writer.Boundary()
	if withAttachments {
		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=%s\n", boundary))
		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("--%s\n", boundary))
	} else {
		buf.WriteString("Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n")
	}

	buf.WriteString(m.Body)
	if withAttachments {
		for k, v := range m.Attachments {
			buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n\n--%s\n", boundary))
			buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Content-Type: %s\n", http.DetectContentType(v)))
			buf.WriteString("Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n")
			buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=%s\n", k))

			b := make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.EncodedLen(len(v)))
			base64.StdEncoding.Encode(b, v)
			buf.Write(b)
			buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n--%s", boundary))
		}

		buf.WriteString("--")
	}

	return buf.Bytes()
}

func main() {
	sender := New()
	m := NewMessage("Test", "Body message.")
	m.To = []string{"to@gmail.com"}
	m.CC = []string{"copy1@gmail.com", "copy2@gmail.com"}
	m.BCC = []string{"bc@gmail.com"}
	m.AttachFile("/path/to/file")
	fmt.Println(sender.Send(m))
}

i tried this with mailtrap as :

but i got this

https://github.com/stvoidit/gosmtp

Please try my version based on the example of this code. Due to the specific situation, I have to use my own implementation, because popular solutions for some reason do not work, although I have implemented very basic things and perhaps not in the best way, but it works for me.

Hi @AddyM I made a small change that should help you with that, I tested it and it worked, also you can contact me directly, I will gladly give you a hand.

https://twitter.com/douglasmakey douglasmakey@gmail.com

Hi, @douglasmakey ! I'm getting the same error as the author above. This code results only empty .csv files... :(

H @douglasmakey , Is there any way to include an image in the email body using the GOalng net/smtp package?

io/ioutils has deprecated after go 1.16

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/base64"
	"fmt"
	"mime/multipart"
	"net/smtp"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
)

var (
	host       = os.Getenv("EMAIL_HOST")
	username   = os.Getenv("EMAIL_USERNAME")
	password   = os.Getenv("EMAIL_PASSWORD")
	portNumber = os.Getenv("EMAIL_PORT")
)


type Sender struct {
	auth smtp.Auth
}

type Message struct {
	To          []string
	CC          []string
	BCC         []string
	Subject     string
	Body        string
	Attachments map[string][]byte
}

func New() *Sender {
	auth := smtp.PlainAuth("", username, password, host)
	return &Sender{auth}
}

func (s *Sender) Send(m *Message) error {
	return smtp.SendMail(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", host, portNumber), s.auth, username, m.To, m.ToBytes())
}

func NewMessage(s, b string) *Message {
	return &Message{Subject: s, Body: b, Attachments: make(map[string][]byte)}
}

func (m *Message) AttachFile(src string) error {
	b, err := os.ReadFile(src)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	_, fileName := filepath.Split(src)
	m.Attachments[fileName] = b
	return nil
}

func (m *Message) ToBytes() []byte {
	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
	withAttachments := len(m.Attachments) > 0
	buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Subject: %s\n", m.Subject))
	buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("To: %s\n", strings.Join(m.To, ",")))
	if len(m.CC) > 0 {
		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Cc: %s\n", strings.Join(m.CC, ",")))
	}
	
	if len(m.BCC) > 0 {
		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Bcc: %s\n", strings.Join(m.BCC, ",")))
	}
	
	buf.WriteString("MIME-Version: 1.0\n")
	writer := multipart.NewWriter(buf)
	boundary := writer.Boundary()
	if withAttachments {
		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=%s\n", boundary))
		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("--%s\n", boundary))
	} else {
		buf.WriteString("Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n")
	}

	buf.WriteString(m.Body)
	if withAttachments {
		for k, v := range m.Attachments {
			buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n\n--%s\n", boundary))
			buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Content-Type: %s\n", http.DetectContentType(v)))
			buf.WriteString("Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n")
			buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=%s\n", k))

			b := make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.EncodedLen(len(v)))
			base64.StdEncoding.Encode(b, v)
			buf.Write(b)
			buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n--%s", boundary))
		}

		buf.WriteString("--")
	}

	return buf.Bytes()
}

func main() {
	sender := New()
	m := NewMessage("Test", "Body message.")
	m.To = []string{"to@gmail.com"}
	m.CC = []string{"copy1@gmail.com", "copy2@gmail.com"}
	m.BCC = []string{"bc@gmail.com"}
	m.AttachFile("/path/to/file")
	fmt.Println(sender.Send(m))
}