A Simple Python Interface for Gmail

The Problem:
I monitor processes, files, and tasks on my computer. Some monitors are for security others are just to know when a task has finished. Whatever the case, I would like to be notified vie email/text message when something has occurred.

The Solution:
As always... write a script. I wanted something that could easily be used to send an email with or without an attachment. I also wanted to be able to just call a mail function and pass in a recipient, subject, message and attachment.

The Script:
The following script is a pretty simple script that can be imported from another python file. I did not provide command line options because I usually use it in conjunction with another script, so it is always an import. I provide a main part so you can input your username, password, and some email to test the script out. Just run it from the command line to test it.
send_mail.py#!/usr/bin/python<br />import smtplib<br />from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart<br />from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase<br />from email.MIMEText import MIMEText<br />from email import Encoders<br />import os<br /><br />class Gmail:<br /> def __init__(self, username, password):<br /> if '@gmail.com' not in username:<br /> username += '@gmail.com'<br /> <br /> self.user = username<br /> self.password = password<br /> self.smtp = "smtp.gmail.com"<br /> self.smtp_port = 587<br /> <br /> def mail(self, to, subject, text, attach = None):<br /> msg = MIMEMultipart()<br /> msg['From'] = self.user<br /> msg['To'] = to<br /> msg['Subject'] = subject<br /> msg.attach(MIMEText(text))<br /> if attach:<br /> part = MIMEBase('application', 'octet-stream')<br /> part.set_payload(open(attach, 'rb').read())<br /> Encoders.encode_base64(part)<br /> part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="%s"' % os.path.basename(attach))<br /> msg.attach(part)<br /> <br /> mailServer = smtplib.SMTP(self.smtp, self.smtp_port)<br /> mailServer.ehlo()<br /> mailServer.starttls()<br /> mailServer.ehlo()<br /> mailServer.login(self.user = username, self.password)<br /> mailServer.sendmail(self.user = username, to, msg.as_string())<br /> mailServer.close()<br /><br />if __name__ == "__main__":<br /> username = 'username'<br /> username = 'password'<br /> mobile_email = "YouPhoneNumber@YourProvider.com"<br /> gmail = Gmail(username, username)<br /> gmail.mail(mobile_email,<br /> "Testing Testing 123",<br /> "This is a email sent to you using python!")

Further Explanation:
This could easily extend a general class Mail that would have the same functionality, but you could tailor it to your individual email provider. Contact me if you want such help.