How do I create a smtplib code that sends an 'Item in stock' email to a specific email address?

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Using selenium I have a code that determines if an item is 'in stock' or 'out of stock'. The code can detect once an 'out of stock' item becomes 'in stock'. Using smtplib, I'd like an email to be sent from the following email address:

example1@hotmail.com password: 1234

to:

example2@hotmail.com

notifying the individual once an item is 'in stock'.

What would a complete python code for this look like?.

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1 Answers

You can try something like :

  1. For Sending Plain Text Emails

    import smtplib, ssl
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

port = 587  # For starttls
smtp_server = "smtp.office365.com"

sender_email = "the_sender_email_address"            # example1@hotmail.om
password = "the_sender_email_address_password"       # 1234


receiver_email = "the_receiver_email_address"        # example2@hotmail.com

message = MIMEText("Hurry up.. Item in Stock Again") # Your message
message['Subject'] = "Item in Stock Again"           # Email Subject 
message['From'] = sender_email
message['To'] = receiver_email


context = ssl.create_default_context()
with smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server, port) as server:
    server.ehlo()  # Can be omitted
    server.starttls(context=context)
    server.ehlo()  # Can be omitted
    server.login(sender_email, password)
    server.sendmail(sender_email, receiver_email, message.as_string())

  2. Including Some HTML Content

     import smtplib, ssl
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart


 port = 587  # For starttls
 smtp_server = "smtp.office365.com"

 sender_email = "sender_email"
 password = "sender_email_password"

 receiver_email = "receiver_email"


 message = MIMEMultipart("alternative")
 message["Subject"] = "multipart test"
 message["From"] = sender_email
 message["To"] = receiver_email

 # Create the plain-text and HTML version of your message
 text = """\
 Hurry Up"""
 html = """\
 <html>
     <body>
       <p>
          <a href="http://www.realpython.com">Item</a> 
              is in stock again.
       </p>
      </body>
 </html>
 """

 # Turn these into plain/html MIMEText objects
 part1 = MIMEText(text, "plain")
 part2 = MIMEText(html, "html")

 # Add HTML/plain-text parts to MIMEMultipart message
 # The email client will try to render the last part first
 message.attach(part1)
 message.attach(part2)

 context = ssl.create_default_context()
 with smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server, port) as server:
    server.starttls(context=context)
    server.login(sender_email, password)
    server.sendmail(sender_email, receiver_email, message.as_string())

  3. Adding Attachments Using the email Module

    import email, smtplib, ssl

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


port = 587  # For starttls
smtp_server = "smtp.office365.com"

sender_email = "sender_email_address"
password = "sender_email_password"

receiver_email = "receiver_email_address"



subject = "Item in Stock "
body = "email with attachment"

# Create a multipart message and set headers
message = MIMEMultipart()
message["From"] = sender_email
message["To"] = receiver_email
message["Subject"] = subject
message["Bcc"] = receiver_email  # Recommended for bul mails

# Add body to email
message.attach(MIMEText(body, "plain"))

filename = "some_document.pdf"        # In same directory as the script

# Open PDF file in binary mode
with open(filename, "rb") as attachment:
    # Add file as application/octet-stream
    # Email client can usually download this automatically as attachment
    part = MIMEBase("application", "octet-stream")
    part.set_payload(attachment.read())

# Encode file in ASCII characters to send by email    
encoders.encode_base64(part)

# Add header as key/value pair to attachment part
part.add_header(
    "Content-Disposition",
    f"attachment; filename= {filename}",)

# Add attachment to message and convert message to string
message.attach(part)
text = message.as_string()

# Log in to server using secure context and send email
context = ssl.create_default_context()
with smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server, port) as server:
    server.starttls(context=context)
    server.login(sender_email, password)
    server.sendmail(sender_email, receiver_email, text)

NOTE : While the code examples above will work, keep in mind it's old code and isn't the best code you can write to send emails using python smtplib, email. You should be using the new EmailMessage/EmailPolicy API (introduced in python 3.6). You can find more examples here on python docs.

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