How to send email attachments?

Question

I'm having issues seeing how to email an attachment utilizing Python. I have effectively messaged straightforward messages with the smtplib. Could somebody kindly disclose how to send a connection (attachment) in an email? I know there are different posts on the web however as a Python amateur I discover them difficult to comprehend.

Answer 1

Have a look at the below code:

import smtplib

from os.path import basename

from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication

from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart

from email.mime.text import MIMEText

from email.utils import COMMASPACE, formatdate

def send_mail(send_from, send_to, subject, text, files=None,

              server="127.0.0.1"):

    assert isinstance(send_to, list)

    msg = MIMEMultipart()

    msg['From'] = send_from

    msg['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(send_to)

    msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=True)

    msg['Subject'] = subject

    msg.attach(MIMEText(text))

    for f in files or []:

        with open(f, "rb") as fil:

            part = MIMEApplication(

                fil.read(),

                Name=basename(f)

            )

        # After the file is closed

        part['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="%s"' % basename(f)

        msg.attach(part)

    smtp = smtplib.SMTP(server)

    smtp.sendmail(send_from, send_to, msg.as_string())

    smtp.close()

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