Send emails with Python (and Sendgrid)

email_via_sendgrid_client.py

# from here: https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-python#quick-start

import os
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient
from sendgrid.helpers.mail import Mail

message = Mail(
    from_email='[email protected]',
    to_emails='[email protected]',
    subject='Sending with Twilio SendGrid is Fun',
    html_content='<strong>and easy to do anywhere, even with Python</strong>')
try:
    sg = SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get("SENDGRID_API_KEY"))
    response = sg.send(message)
    print(response.status_code)
    print(response.body)
    print(response.headers)
except Exception as e:
    print(str(e))

email_via_smtplib.py

import os
import smtplib
from email.message import EmailMessage


msg = EmailMessage()
msg.set_content("Just some content")

msg['Subject'] = 'This is the message'
msg['From'] = "[email protected]"
msg['To'] = "[email protected]"

s = smtplib.SMTP(
    host="smtp.sendgrid.net",
    port=587,
)
s.login(
    user="apikey",
    password=os.environ["SENDGRID_API_KEY"],
)
s.send_message(msg)
s.quit()

requirements.txt

python-http-client==3.2.1
sendgrid==6.1.0