Sending HTML email using Python
Sending HTML email using Python
From Python v2.7.14 documentation – 18.1.11. email: Examples:
Here’s an example of how to create an HTML message with an alternative plain text version:
#! /usr/bin/python
import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
# me == my email address
# you == recipients email address
me = [email protected]
you = [email protected]
# Create message container - the correct MIME type is multipart/alternative.
msg = MIMEMultipart(alternative)
msg[Subject] = Link
msg[From] = me
msg[To] = you
# Create the body of the message (a plain-text and an HTML version).
text = Hi!nHow are you?nHere is the link you wanted:nhttp://www.python.org
html =
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<p>Hi!<br>
How are you?<br>
Here is the <a href=http://www.python.org>link</a> you wanted.
</p>
</body>
</html>
# Record the MIME types of both parts - text/plain and text/html.
part1 = MIMEText(text, plain)
part2 = MIMEText(html, html)
# Attach parts into message container.
# According to RFC 2046, the last part of a multipart message, in this case
# the HTML message, is best and preferred.
msg.attach(part1)
msg.attach(part2)
# Send the message via local SMTP server.
s = smtplib.SMTP(localhost)
# sendmail function takes 3 arguments: senders address, recipients address
# and message to send - here it is sent as one string.
s.sendmail(me, you, msg.as_string())
s.quit()
Here is a Gmail implementation of the accepted answer:
import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
# me == my email address
# you == recipients email address
me = [email protected]
you = [email protected]
# Create message container - the correct MIME type is multipart/alternative.
msg = MIMEMultipart(alternative)
msg[Subject] = Link
msg[From] = me
msg[To] = you
# Create the body of the message (a plain-text and an HTML version).
text = Hi!nHow are you?nHere is the link you wanted:nhttp://www.python.org
html =
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<p>Hi!<br>
How are you?<br>
Here is the <a href=http://www.python.org>link</a> you wanted.
</p>
</body>
</html>
# Record the MIME types of both parts - text/plain and text/html.
part1 = MIMEText(text, plain)
part2 = MIMEText(html, html)
# Attach parts into message container.
# According to RFC 2046, the last part of a multipart message, in this case
# the HTML message, is best and preferred.
msg.attach(part1)
msg.attach(part2)
# Send the message via local SMTP server.
mail = smtplib.SMTP(smtp.gmail.com, 587)
mail.ehlo()
mail.starttls()
mail.login(userName, password)
mail.sendmail(me, you, msg.as_string())
mail.quit()
Sending HTML email using Python
You might try using my mailer module.
from mailer import Mailer
from mailer import Message
message = Message([email protected],
[email protected])
message.Subject = An HTML Email
message.Html = <p>Hi!<br>
How are you?<br>
Here is the <a href=http://www.python.org>link</a> you wanted.</p>
sender = Mailer(smtp.example.com)
sender.send(message)