Use Python 3 to send an email with an attachment using Gmail

python_3_email_with_attachment.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
"""
python_3_email_with_attachment.py
Created by Robert Dempsey on 12/6/14.
Copyright (c) 2014 Robert Dempsey. Use at your own peril.

This script works with Python 3.x

NOTE: replace values in ALL CAPS with your own values
"""

import os
import smtplib
from email import encoders
from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart

COMMASPACE = ', '

def main():
    sender = 'YOUR GMAIL ADDRESS'
    gmail_password = 'YOUR GMAIL PASSWORD'
    recipients = ['EMAIL ADDRESSES HERE SEPARATED BY COMMAS']
    
    # Create the enclosing (outer) message
    outer = MIMEMultipart()
    outer['Subject'] = 'EMAIL SUBJECT'
    outer['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(recipients)
    outer['From'] = sender
    outer.preamble = 'You will not see this in a MIME-aware mail reader.\n'

    # List of attachments
    attachments = ['FULL PATH TO ATTACHMENTS HERE']

    # Add the attachments to the message
    for file in attachments:
        try:
            with open(file, 'rb') as fp:
                msg = MIMEBase('application', "octet-stream")
                msg.set_payload(fp.read())
            encoders.encode_base64(msg)
            msg.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=os.path.basename(file))
            outer.attach(msg)
        except:
            print("Unable to open one of the attachments. Error: ", sys.exc_info()[0])
            raise

    composed = outer.as_string()

    # Send the email
    try:
        with smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587) as s:
            s.ehlo()
            s.starttls()
            s.ehlo()
            s.login(sender, gmail_password)
            s.sendmail(sender, recipients, composed)
            s.close()
        print("Email sent!")
    except:
        print("Unable to send the email. Error: ", sys.exc_info()[0])
        raise

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

How would one add a message to this email?

from email.mime.text import MIMEText

text = "EMAIL MESSAGE"
outer.attach(
MIMEText(text, 'plain')) # or 'html'

Thank you. Works nicely

This is great! Can I suggest adding "Import Sys" at the top?

Hi, I tried to follow your code to send html file, it successfully sent but when i open the file in browser it become messy yet the html format is the same as the original. Do you know what is the issue ?

Thank you in advance

I also have the same problem as of adityaridha. Any help asap would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

good job

Can i upload this script to my blog and give you credit for the script with a back link ?

thank you!

does this work for sending pdfs too?

does this work for sending pdfs too?

Yep. it does