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ImageMail
# Example for sending an email with an attached image using smtplib
#
# IMPORTANT: You need to enter your email login in the main() function.
# The example is prepared for GMail, but other providers
# should be possible by changing the mail server.
import smtplib
from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email import encoders
import Image
from io import BytesIO
def get_attachment(img):
bytes = BytesIO()
img.save(bytes, format='JPEG')
msg = MIMEBase('image', 'jpeg')
msg.set_payload(bytes.getvalue())
encoders.encode_base64(msg)
msg.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment',
filename='image.jpeg')
return msg
def main():
### CHANGE THESE VALUES:
to = 'example@example.com'
subject = 'Image from Pythonista'
gmail_user = 'YOUR_GMAIL_ADDRESS'
gmail_pwd = 'YOUR_PASSWORD'
#Load a sample image, modify as needed:
image = Image.open('Test_Lenna')
print 'Connecting...'
smtpserver = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com", 587)
smtpserver.ehlo()
smtpserver.starttls()
smtpserver.ehlo
smtpserver.login(gmail_user, gmail_pwd)
print 'Preparing message...'
outer = MIMEMultipart()
outer['Subject'] = subject
outer['To'] = to
outer['From'] = gmail_user
outer.preamble = 'You will not see this in a MIME-aware email reader.\n'
attachment = get_attachment(image)
outer.attach(attachment)
composed = outer.as_string()
print 'Sending...'
smtpserver.sendmail(gmail_user, to, composed)
smtpserver.close()
print 'Done.'
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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zencuke commented Nov 17, 2014

Sorry. There are several typos in that but I hope they are obvious. I'll post a working example when I get one working.

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zencuke commented Nov 17, 2014

Close but no cigar. MIMEText sent the text file as the email message instead of as an attachment. That's not what O wanted and probably not what you (rabdeb) wanted. More research clearly needed. ;-)

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Great piece of code but I keep on getting a username and password not accepted error. I know they are right because they are copied and pasted from lastpass which I use all the time. I have set Gmail up to accept less secure apps but that hasn't helped either. Any thoughts anyone?

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