basic email automation proof of concept for teaching

email_automation.py

from datetime import date
from email import encoders
from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
import smtplib
from time import sleep

FROM_EMAIL = 'put your from email here (can be same as MAIL_USERNAME)'
MAIL_PASSWORD = 'put your email password here'
MAIL_USERNAME = 'put your email username here'
INTERVAL = 'put an int here for how often to check (in seconds) whether prospects should be contacted'
REACH_OUT_EVERY = 'int for how long to wait between reaching out to contacts'
SERVICE_TYPE = 'the service you\'re offering'

first_reachout_email_message = "Hey, do you ever use transcription?"
second_reachout_email_message = "Hi {first_name}, Sorry to bug you again, but do you use {service}?"
first_reachout_email_message = "Hey {first_name}, do you ever use {service}?"
third_reachout_email_message = "Hi {first_name}, my last check-in:  Do you use {service}?"

messages = [first_reachout_email_message, second_reachout_email_message, third_reachout_email_message]

prospect = dict(name='Joe', industry='qual', email='prospect@pr.io')
prospect2 = dict(name='Brendan', industry='qual', email='brendan@pr.io')
prospect3 = dict(name='Person', industry='qual', email='person@pr.io')

prospects = [prospect, prospect2, prospect3]

for prospect in prospects:
    prospect['last_contacted'] = date(1990, 1, 1)
    prospect['last_email_sent_index'] = None


def should_be_contacted(prospect, reach_out_every):
    if (date.today() - prospect['last_contacted']).days > reach_out_every:
        return True
    return False


def get_index_of_next_template(prospect):
    if prospect['last_email_sent_index'] is None:
        return 0
    return prospect['last_email_sent_index'] + 1


def run_automated_email():
    for prospect in prospects:
        if should_be_contacted(prospect, REACH_OUT_EVERY):
            template_index = get_index_of_next_template(prospect)
            if template_index >= len(templates) + 1:
                continue
            send_email(recipients=prospect['email'], subject='hey', 
                       message=templates[template_index].format(first_name=prospect['name'], service=SERVICE))
            prospect['last_email_sent_index'] = template_index


def send_email_from_gmail(from_, to, subject, html, text, login, pass_, attachments=[]):
    server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
    server.ehlo()
    server.starttls()
    server.login(login, pass_)

    msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative')

    msg["From"] = from_
    msg["Reply-to"] = from_
    msg['To'] = to
    msg['Subject'] = subject

    part1 = MIMEText(text, 'plain')
    part2 = MIMEText(html, 'html')
    msg.attach(part1)
    msg.attach(part2)

    if len(attachments) > 0:

        for filepath in attachments:
            with open(filepath, 'rb') as fp:
                attachment = MIMEBase('application', 'octet-stream')
                attachment.set_payload(fp.read())
            encoders.encode_base64(attachment)
            attachment.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment',
                                  filename=os.path.basename(filepath))
            msg.attach(attachment)

    server.sendmail(from_, [to], msg.as_string())
    server.quit()


def send_email(recipients, subject, message, attachments=[]):
    if isinstance(recipients, list):
        recipients = ', '.join(recipients)

    send_email_from_gmail(from_=FROM_EMAIL, to=recipients, subject=subject,
                          html=f'<p>{message}</p>', text=message, login=MAIL_USERNAME,
                          pass_=MAIL_PASSWORD, attachments=attachments)


def main():
    while True:
        run_automated_email()
        sleep(INTERVAL)