Send an email using gmail in python

python_send_email.py

import smtplib
def send_email(user, pwd, recipient, subject, body):
    """
    Sends an email using a gmail account.
    """
    gmail_user = user
    gmail_pwd = pwd
    FROM = user
    TO = recipient if type(recipient) is list else [recipient]
    SUBJECT = subject
    TEXT = body
    # Prepare actual message
    message = """\From: %s\nTo: %s\nSubject: %s\n\n%s
    """ % (FROM, ", ".join(TO), SUBJECT, TEXT)
    try:
        server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com", 587)
        server.ehlo()
        server.starttls()
        server.login(gmail_user, gmail_pwd)
        server.sendmail(FROM, TO, message)
        server.close()
        print('successfully sent the mail')
    except Exception as e:
        print("failed to send mail")
        raise e