Send yourself a notification when a long script finishes. Requires a gmail account for line 25-6. Adaptation of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26981591/how-to-send-myself-an-email-notification-when-a-suds-job-is-done

notification.py

# stick in the root of your directory, then you can import it as a package to be added to the end of a long process. 
# Be sure to add notification.py to your .gitignore file to prevent accidentally sharing sensitive personal information.
# =====
# In file that takes forever to run
# At top of file
import notification

# As last line before file end
notification.email_notification_on_completion()

# =====
# IMPORTANT
# to be placed in .gitignore to prevent password and username from being put up public on the internet.
notification.py

# ======
# to be placed in a separate, new file called notification.py in same directory as long process.
# mygamilaccount@gmail.com - a gmail account that will be sending the note.
# mygmailpassword - the password to the above account.
# sendtoemail@gmail.com - the gmail account that you'll be notifying.

import smtplib

def email_notification_on_completion():
    content = ("Process finished")
    mail = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
    mail.ehlo()
    mail.starttls()
    mail.login('mygmailaccount@gmail.com', 'mygmailpassword')
    mail.sendmail('mygmailaccount@gmail.com', 'sendtoemail@gmail.com', content)
    mail.close()
    print("Notification Sent")


def main():
    email_notification_on_completion()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()