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import os
import boto3
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
# Setup the basics here
SENDER = "yourname@domain.com"
RECIPIENT = "rec@domain.com"
SUBJECT = "Customer service contact info"
# The configuration set used to track mails
# The full path to the file that will be attached to the email.
ATTACHMENT = "tryEmail.py"
# The email body for recipients with non-HTML email clients.
BODY_TEXT = "Hello,\r\nPlease see the attached file for a list of customers to contact."
# The HTML body of the email.
BODY_HTML = """\
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1>Hello!</h1>
<p>Please see the attached file for a list of customers to contact.</p>
</body>
</html>
"""
# The character encoding for the email.
CHARSET = "utf-8"
# Create a new SES resource and specify a region.
client = boto3.client('ses')
# Create an instance of multipart/mixed parent container.
msg = MIMEMultipart('mixed')
# Add subject, from and to lines.
msg['Subject'] = SUBJECT
msg['From'] = SENDER
msg['To'] = RECIPIENT
# Create a multipart/alternative child container.
msg_body = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
# Encode the text and HTML content and set the character encoding. This step is
# necessary if you're sending a message with characters outside the ASCII range.
textpart = MIMEText(BODY_TEXT.encode(CHARSET), 'plain', CHARSET)
htmlpart = MIMEText(BODY_HTML.encode(CHARSET), 'html', CHARSET)
# Add the text and HTML parts to the child container.
msg_body.attach(textpart)
msg_body.attach(htmlpart)
# Define the attachment part and encode it using MIMEApplication.
att = MIMEApplication(open(ATTACHMENT, 'rb').read())
# Add a header to tell the email client to treat this part as an attachment,
# and to give the attachment a name.
att.add_header('Content-Disposition','attachment',filename=os.path.basename(ATTACHMENT))
# Attach the multipart/alternative child container to the multipart/mixed
# parent container.
msg.attach(msg_body)
# Add the attachment to the parent container.
msg.attach(att)
#print(msg)
try:
#Provide the contents of the email.
response = client.send_raw_email(
Source=SENDER,
Destinations=[
RECIPIENT
],
RawMessage={
'Data':msg.as_string(),
}
)
# Display an error if something goes wrong.
except ClientError as e:
print(e.response['Error']['Message'])
else:
print("Email sent! Message ID:"),
print(response['MessageId'])
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