ImageMail

ImageMail.py

# Example for sending an email with an attached image using smtplib
# 
# IMPORTANT: You need to enter your email login in the main() function.
#            The example is prepared for GMail, but other providers
#            should be possible by changing the mail server.

import smtplib
from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email import encoders
import Image
from io import BytesIO

def get_attachment(img):
	bytes = BytesIO()
	img.save(bytes, format='JPEG')
	msg = MIMEBase('image', 'jpeg')
	msg.set_payload(bytes.getvalue())
	encoders.encode_base64(msg)
	msg.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment',
	               filename='image.jpeg')
	return msg

def main():
	### CHANGE THESE VALUES:
	to = '[email protected]'
	subject = 'Image from Pythonista'
	gmail_user = 'YOUR_GMAIL_ADDRESS'
	gmail_pwd = 'YOUR_PASSWORD'
	
	#Load a sample image, modify as needed:
	image = Image.open('Test_Lenna')
	
	print 'Connecting...'
	smtpserver = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com", 587)
	
	smtpserver.ehlo()
	smtpserver.starttls()
	smtpserver.ehlo
	smtpserver.login(gmail_user, gmail_pwd)
	
	print 'Preparing message...'
	outer = MIMEMultipart()
	outer['Subject'] = subject
	outer['To'] = to
	outer['From'] = gmail_user
	outer.preamble = 'You will not see this in a MIME-aware email reader.\n'
	attachment = get_attachment(image)
	outer.attach(attachment)
	composed = outer.as_string()
	
	print 'Sending...'
	smtpserver.sendmail(gmail_user, to, composed)
	smtpserver.close()
	print 'Done.'

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

I just started working on doing a csv file right. I'll post when I get it working. Meanwhile I think the key is to change the get_attachment function to use MIMEText instead of MIMEBase to fill the msg variable. MIMEText is used to create a text file attachment.

It needs to read the entire file into a variable and pass it as the argument to MIMEText. Something like:

'''
def get_attachment(file):
   fp = open('file.csv', 'rb')
   # Create a text/plain message
   msg = MIMEText(fp.read())
   fp.close()
   return msg
'''

Sorry. There are several typos in that but I hope they are obvious. I'll post a working example when I get one working.

Close but no cigar. MIMEText sent the text file as the email message instead of as an attachment. That's not what O wanted and probably not what you (rabdeb) wanted. More research clearly needed. ;-)

Great piece of code but I keep on getting a username and password not accepted error. I know they are right because they are copied and pasted from lastpass which I use all the time. I have set Gmail up to accept less secure apps but that hasn't helped either. Any thoughts anyone?