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Python: Create an Email with Outlook
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
""" | |
@author: unknown | |
""" | |
import win32com.client as win32 | |
import psutil | |
import os | |
import subprocess | |
# Drafting and sending email notification to senders. You can add other senders' email in the list | |
def send_notification(): | |
outlook = win32.Dispatch('outlook.application') | |
mail = outlook.CreateItem(0) | |
mail.To = 'abc@xyz.com; bhm@ert.com', | |
mail.Subject = 'Sent through Python' | |
mail.body = 'This email alert is auto generated. Please do not respond.' | |
mail.send | |
# Open Outlook.exe. Path may vary according to system config | |
# Please check the path to .exe file and update below | |
def open_outlook(): | |
try: | |
subprocess.call(['C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\Outlook.exe']) | |
os.system("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\Outlook.exe"); | |
except: | |
print("Outlook didn't open successfully") | |
# Checking if outlook is already opened. If not, open Outlook.exe and send email | |
for item in psutil.pids(): | |
p = psutil.Process(item) | |
if p.name() == "OUTLOOK.EXE": | |
flag = 1 | |
break | |
else: | |
flag = 0 | |
if (flag == 1): | |
send_notification() | |
else: | |
open_outlook() | |
send_notification() |
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# http://itsecmedia.com/blog/post/2016/python-send-outlook-email/ | |
import win32com.client | |
from win32com.client import Dispatch, constants | |
const=win32com.client.constants | |
olMailItem = 0x0 | |
obj = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application") | |
newMail = obj.CreateItem(olMailItem) | |
newMail.Subject = "I AM SUBJECT!!" | |
# newMail.Body = "I AM\nTHE BODY MESSAGE!" | |
newMail.BodyFormat = 2 # olFormatHTML https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa219371(v=office.11).aspx | |
newMail.HTMLBody = "<HTML><BODY>Enter the <span style='color:red'>message</span> text here.</BODY></HTML>" | |
newMail.To = "email@demo.com" | |
attachment1 = r"C:\Temp\example.pdf" | |
newMail.Attachments.Add(Source=attachment1) | |
newMail.display() | |
newMail.send() |
Hi,
Why does adding "r" in front of "C:\Temp\example.pdf" works but without, it doesn't?
@ivancans, "r" stands for raw string which accepts special characters. Otherwise you need to use double back slash to recognize '\' as a character in the file path.
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Hi,
Why does adding "r" in front of "C:\Temp\example.pdf" works but without, it doesn't?