Take a timestamped photo with PiCamera, then attach and send from Gmail with Python

send_img.py

# Enable less secure apps in Gmail

import os
import smtplib
import email
import sys
import picamera
import time
from datetime import datetime
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.image import MIMEImage
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

with picamera.PiCamera() as camera:
   camera.rotation = 180 # delete this or adjust .rotation to 90, 180, or 270 accordingly
   camera.resolution = (1024, 768) # adjust resolution accordingly
   camera.start_preview()
   time.sleep(2) # camera warm-up
   camera.capture("photo.jpg")

f_time = datetime.now().strftime("%A %B %d %Y @ %H:%M")
 
img_data = open("photo.jpg", "rb").read()
msg = MIMEMultipart()
msg["Subject"] = f_time
msg["From"] = "[email protected]"
msg["To"] = "[email protected]"

text = MIMEText("Here's my latest photo!")
msg.attach(text)
image = MIMEImage(img_data, name=os.path.basename("photo.jpg"))
msg.attach(image)
 
s = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com:587")
s.starttls()
s.login("yourGmailLogin","yourPassword")
s.sendmail("[email protected]","[email protected]", msg.as_string())
s.quit()