CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondjango
user3855242
user3855242

Reputation: 11

How do i fix an HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized when sending an email using sendgrid?

i want to write an application that send emails to users while using sendgrid,i have gone to sendgrid and followed all the instructions including installing sendgrid and setting the environmental variable.

i have tried putting the environmental variable in the path but still shows the error

i have also tried putting it in the code but still it fails with the same error

this is my code of send-mail.py:

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('SG.97- 
 h52MJSXK4C7_FIl5yzw.q3GsOa4P_AO1pKvUcOzQg6XzuRXEY3mzD-Ci5eN2I2E'))
    response = sg.send(message)
    print(response.status_code)
    print(response.body)
    print(response.headers)
except Exception as e:
    print(e
    )

i have created a folder called Mail and created a file inside named send_mail.py

i expect to send an email but it throws a HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5822

Answers (1)

J. Darnell
J. Darnell

Reputation: 519

You are attempting to get an environment variable whose name is the API key. This is most likely returning None which is making your authentication fail. You may also want to consider regenerating your API key sense you have now disclosed it to the internet.

Try replacing SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get('SG.97- h52MJSXK4C7_FIl5yzw.q3GsOa4P_AO1pKvUcOzQg6XzuRXEY3mzD-Ci5eN2I2E')) with SendGridAPIClient('SG.97- h52MJSXK4C7_FIl5yzw.q3GsOa4P_AO1pKvUcOzQg6XzuRXEY3mzD-Ci5eN2I2E').

Upvotes: 3

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