Send email as a gmail user

send_gmail.py

import smtplib

from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText


def send(recipient, subject, msg):
    return GmailHandler().send(recipient)


class GmailHandler(object):
    def __init__(self, email, password):
        self.email = email
        self.password = password

    def _new_connection(self):
        connection = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
        connection.starttls()
        connection.login(self.email, self.password)
        return connection

    def _build_message(self, subject, content):
        msg = MIMEMultipart()
        msg['From'] = self.email
        msg['Subject'] = subject
        msg.attach(MIMEText(content, 'html'))
        return msg

    def send(self, recipient, subject='', content=''):
        connection = self._new_connection()
        msg = self._build_message(subject, content)
        connection.sendmail(self.email, recipient, msg.as_string())
        connection.quit()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    handler = GmailHandler('[email protected]', 'password')
    handler.send('[email protected]', 'FOOBAR', 'Click <a href="https://www.google.com">here</a> to <b>foo</b> the bar.')