CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonemailattachmentmimesmtplib
ashkl
ashkl

Reputation: 47

Can't find file to send file as attachment in python

I found this code from another website repository and its used to send emails using python and attach's a file as well. It encodes the file in to base64 brfore sending it. I've tested the code before using an '.xlsx' file and it was sent with out a problem. But now the program doesnt send it for some reason. The file is in the same folder as the code.

import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
from email import encoders

fromaddr = "FROM EMAIL"
toaddr = "TO EMAIL"

msg = MIMEMultipart()

msg['From'] = fromaddr
msg['To'] = toaddr
msg['Subject'] = "SUBJECT"

body = "MESSAGE"

msg.attach(MIMEText(body, 'plain'))

filename = "05-11-2016 - Saturday.xlsx"
attachment = open("05-11-2016 - Saturday", "rb")

part = MIMEBase('application', 'octet-stream')
part.set_payload((attachment).read())
encoders.encode_base64(part)
part.add_header('Content-Disposition', "attachment; filename= %s" % filename)

msg.attach(part)

server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
server.starttls()
server.login(fromaddr, "PASSWORD")
text = msg.as_string()
server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddr, text)
server.quit()

When i run it ths is the error that is outputted:

line 21, in <module>
    attachment = open("05-11-2016 - Saturday", "rb")
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '05-11-2016 - Saturday'

Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2523

Answers (2)

MDJ
MDJ

Reputation: 63

I just ran your code using my credentials and made a small txt file in the same directory as the code to replicate your conditions. Here's what you need to modify:

filename = "ExplicitFileName.txt"
attachment = open("/USE/COMPLETE/PATH/TO/FILE/ExplicitFileName.txt", "rb")

Or as Ilja pointed out the DRY principle you could do it like this:

filename = "ExplicitFileName.txt"
attachment = open("/COMPLETE/PATH/TO/FILE/" + filename, "rb")

Both of these will work just fine.

Upvotes: 0

Ilja
Ilja

Reputation: 2114

you have defined filename in the line above - so why don't you use it? :) (you forgot the extension 'xlsx' in the open statement)

You now have learned the usefullnes of the DRY-principle: http://wiki.c2.com/?DontRepeatYourself

By typing it twice, you can change the filename definition and not notice, that the open uses another file...

Upvotes: 1

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