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Elfin forest
Elfin forest

Reputation: 352

Giving a class it parameters from other classes-Python

I have a class sendmail and I am trying to call it in other classes.The argument will determine which email to send. The argument in the sendmail class will send mail according to parameters given to it from other classes where it is being called.However,when executing it, I get error message saying argument not defined.

Here is my code:

#!/usr/bin/python
import smtplib
class sendmail(argument):

  TO = '[email protected]'
  if argument=='PIR':
    SUBJECT = 'PIR'
    TEXT = 'Motion is detected'

  gmail_sender = '[email protected]'
  gmail_passwd = 'mypwd'

  server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
  server.ehlo()
  server.starttls()
  server.ehlo
  server.login(gmail_sender, gmail_passwd)

  BODY = '\r\n'.join([
       'TO: %s' % TO,
       'From: %s' % gmail_sender ,
       'Subject: %s' % SUBJECT ,
       '',
       TEXT
       ])
  try:
    server.sendmail(gmail_sender, [TO], BODY)
    print 'email sent'
  except:
    print 'error'

  server.quit()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 119

Answers (1)

Thomas S.
Thomas S.

Reputation: 184

I think what you're looking for is a static function.

import smtplib
class MailUtils:
    @staticmethod    
    def sendmail(argument):

          TO = '[email protected]'
          if argument=='PIR':
            SUBJECT = 'PIR'
            TEXT = 'Motion is detected'

          gmail_sender = '[email protected]'
          gmail_passwd = 'mypwd'

          server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
          server.ehlo()
          server.starttls()
          server.ehlo
          server.login(gmail_sender, gmail_passwd)

          BODY = '\r\n'.join([
               'TO: %s' % TO,
               'From: %s' % gmail_sender ,
               'Subject: %s' % SUBJECT ,
               '',
               TEXT
               ])
          try:
            server.sendmail(gmail_sender, [TO], BODY)
            print 'email sent'
          except:
            print 'error'

          server.quit()

You would use it by doing this:

import MailUtils
MailUtils.sendmail(argument)

Note: As mentioned in the comments below, this approach works best if the class contains multiple related functions, not just a single one.

Upvotes: 1

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