Automated Sending of emails Python3 with Attachments (new file each new day)

email_sender.py

#Code by Collins Chemjor
import os
import smtplib
from email.message import EmailMessage
from datetime import date

#Setting email address and password to be used
EMAIL_ADDRESS = os.environ.get('EMAIL_USER')
EMAIL_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("EMAIL_PASS")


#Obtain date and convert to string
today = date.today()
subject_date = today.strftime("%d %B, %Y")
mail_subject = f'Wallet Balances {subject_date} Report'

#Setting the email message, body, head, To etc
msg = EmailMessage()
msg['Subject'] = mail_subject
msg['From'] = EMAIL_ADDRESS
msg['To'] = '[email protected]'
msg.set_content('Quotes attached...')

#Setting ,convert to correct format and set filename and extension
mail_today = str(today)
mail_today = mail_today.replace('-','')
original_file = 'File_'
file_ext = '.csv'
full_name = original_file + mail_today + file_ext

#Attaching the file to sent on the email
with open(full_name, 'rb') as f:
    file_data = f.read()
    file_name = f.name
    msg.add_attachment(file_data, maintype='application', subtype='octet-stream', filename=file_name)

#Sending the email to the client
with smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587) as smtp:
    smtp.ehlo()
    smtp.starttls() # Encrpytion method start
    smtp.ehlo()
    smtp.login(EMAIL_ADDRESS, EMAIL_PASSWORD)
    smtp.send_message(msg)

    

To allow this script to access your Gmail account you need to enable unsecure apps login on your account at this link:

https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps