ehrenfeu/html_mail.py

## html_mail.py
import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

def send_html_mail(subject, body, to_addr, from_addr):
    """Send an HTML email using the given subject, body, etc."""

    # Create message container - the correct MIME type is multipart/alternative here!
    message = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
    message['subject'] = subject
    message['To'] = to_addr
    message['From'] = from_addr
    message.preamble = """
This message is in HTML only, which your mail reader doesn't seem to support!

"""

    # Record the MIME type text/html.
    html_body = MIMEText(body, 'html')

    # Attach parts into message container.
    # According to RFC 2046, the last part of a multipart message, in this case
    # the HTML message, is best and preferred.
    message.attach(html_body)

    # The actual sending of the e-mail
    # server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
    server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')

    # Print debugging output when testing
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        server.set_debuglevel(1)

    ## # Credentials (if needed) for sending the mail
    ## password = "mypassword"

    ## server.starttls()
    ## server.login(from_addr,password)

    server.sendmail(from_addr, [to_addr], message.as_string())
    server.quit()


def read_filecontent(filename):
    with open(filename, 'r') as content_file:
        content = content_file.read()
    return content

## mail_body.html
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
  <title>html title</title>
  <style type="text/css" media="screen">
.box_grey {
    float: left;
    margin: 15px;
    padding: 25px;
    border-color: #aaaaaa;
    border-radius: 5px;
    border-style: dotted;
    border-width: 3px;
    background: #cccccc;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="box_grey">
    <details>
        <summary>Click the summary to expand details.</summary>
        <p>The very exciting details!</p>
    </details>
    </div>
</body>

## mail_body_old.html
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
  <title>html title</title>
  <style type="text/css" media="screen">
      .answer,
      #show,
      #hide:target {
          display: none;
      }

      #hide:target + #show,
      #hide:target ~ .answer {
          display: inline;
      }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
    <details>
        <summary>Click the summary to expand details.</summary>
        <p>The very exciting details!</p>
    </details>
    <a href="#hide" id="hide">Show</a>
    <a href="#show" id="show">Hide</a>
    <div class="answer"><p>Answer</p></div>
</body>

## send_html_mail.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
#

from html_mail import send_html_mail, read_filecontent

send_html_mail("Python HTML test email", read_filecontent('mail_body.html'), "recipient@domain.xy", "sender@domain.xy")
	import smtplib
	from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
	from email.mime.text import MIMEText

	def send_html_mail(subject, body, to_addr, from_addr):
	"""Send an HTML email using the given subject, body, etc."""

	# Create message container - the correct MIME type is multipart/alternative here!
	message = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
	message['subject'] = subject
	message['To'] = to_addr
	message['From'] = from_addr
	message.preamble = """
	This message is in HTML only, which your mail reader doesn't seem to support!

	"""

	# Record the MIME type text/html.
	html_body = MIMEText(body, 'html')

	# Attach parts into message container.
	# According to RFC 2046, the last part of a multipart message, in this case
	# the HTML message, is best and preferred.
	message.attach(html_body)

	# The actual sending of the e-mail
	# server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
	server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')

	# Print debugging output when testing
	if __name__ == "__main__":
	server.set_debuglevel(1)

	## # Credentials (if needed) for sending the mail
	## password = "mypassword"

	## server.starttls()
	## server.login(from_addr,password)

	server.sendmail(from_addr, [to_addr], message.as_string())
	server.quit()



	def read_filecontent(filename):
	with open(filename, 'r') as content_file:
	content = content_file.read()
	return content
	<head>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
	<title>html title</title>
	<style type="text/css" media="screen">
	.box_grey {
	float: left;
	margin: 15px;
	padding: 25px;
	border-color: #aaaaaa;
	border-radius: 5px;
	border-style: dotted;
	border-width: 3px;
	background: #cccccc;
	}
	</style>
	</head>
	<body>
	<div class="box_grey">
	<details>
	<summary>Click the summary to expand details.</summary>
	<p>The very exciting details!</p>
	</details>
	</div>
	</body>
	#!/usr/bin/env python
	#

	from html_mail import send_html_mail, read_filecontent

	send_html_mail("Python HTML test email", read_filecontent('mail_body.html'), "recipient@domain.xy", "sender@domain.xy")