Email a photo/file from your computer, with Python! Usage: emailer.py [file] Made for: http://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/16esrj/how_do_i_send_email_on_motion_trigger/

emailer.py

#!/usr/bin/python

"""
emailer.py | Script to send attachments via a Gmail account
- Based on http://codecomments.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/python-gmail-smtp-example/
- Fixed small bugs and cleaned up the formatting, etc.

USAGE:
    emailer.py [file1, file2, ...]
    
OPTIONS:
    All the configuration settings are in the file, read on.

@author Hamish Macpherson
@url http://hami.sh/

"""

import os, sys
import smtplib
import mimetypes

from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
from email.MIMEAudio import MIMEAudio
from email.MIMEImage import MIMEImage
from email.Encoders import encode_base64

# CONSTANTS
SUBJECT = 'New Image Captured'
RECIPIENT = 'yourname@gmail.com'
MESSAGE = 'See attachment.'

GMAIL_USER = 'yourname@gmail.com'
GMAIL_PASSWORD = '' # FILL ME IN

def sendMail(subject, text, attachmentFilePaths):
  msg = MIMEMultipart()
  msg['From'] = GMAIL_USER
  msg['To'] = RECIPIENT
  msg['Subject'] = subject
  msg.attach(MIMEText(text))
  
  for attachmentFilePath in attachmentFilePaths:
    msg.attach(getAttachment(attachmentFilePath))
  
  mailServer = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
  mailServer.ehlo()
  mailServer.starttls()
  mailServer.ehlo()
  mailServer.login(GMAIL_USER, GMAIL_PASSWORD)
  mailServer.sendmail(GMAIL_USER, RECIPIENT, msg.as_string())
  mailServer.close()
  
  print('Sent email to %s' % RECIPIENT)

def getAttachment(attachmentFilePath):
  contentType, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(attachmentFilePath)
  if contentType is None or encoding is not None:
    contentType = 'application/octet-stream'
  mainType, subType = contentType.split('/', 1)
  
  file = open(attachmentFilePath, 'rb')
  
  if mainType == 'text':
    attachment = MIMEText(file.read())
  elif mainType == 'message':
    attachment = email.message_from_file(file)
  elif mainType == 'image':
    attachment = MIMEImage(file.read(),_subType=subType)
  elif mainType == 'audio':
    attachment = MIMEAudio(file.read(),_subType=subType)
  else:
    attachment = MIMEBase(mainType, subType)
    attachment.set_payload(file.read())
    encode_base64(attachment)

  file.close()

  attachment.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment',   filename=os.path.basename(attachmentFilePath))

  return attachment

if __name__ == '__main__':
  paths = sys.argv[1:]
  sendMail(SUBJECT, MESSAGE, paths)