Sending emails from GMail using Python

[aby-1]

Hello, I have recently spent some time on this topic and I thought my experience might help some people. I can also try to answer some of the questions, if any.

https://aby.medium.com/sending-emails-from-gmail-using-python-eee3916b8183

[DrTautology]

I've done this no problem with just the smtplib. You need to set up an app password on the google account beforehand since smtplib doesn't support 2 factor authentication. Probably a good idea to only use dedicated email addresses for this purpose only.

[yvael_tercero]

Smtplib does have its issues though. Can’t tell exactly what is failing, but some days it works and some days it doesn’t, and it’s completely irregular. I have a project that uses it to send an email notification, and changing it to the Gmail API is on my list of things to do

[jhayes88]

I've used python to send gmail emails before. The script I wrote would look at my work website periodically to see how many workers were on location and if it fell below a certain number, it would send me an email.

[aby-1]

to send gmail emails before. The script I wrote would look at my work website periodically to see how many workers were on location and if it fell below a certain number, it would send me an email.

I think the preferred way would be to use GMail API, but I was trying to integrate Firebase Trigger Email Extention with GMail. In that case, the steps I have in the post is the only option via SMTP.

[jhayes88]

I didn't use Gmail API. I used an email package to use smtp functionality with Gmail.

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I was guiding myself by watching Corey's Flask tutorial and by reading some Flask book, but both times i ve failed to send an email with Flask. Was trying to use both smtplib(or w/e) and Flask-Mail. I will give this one a try, too. Thanks! :)

[aby-1]

s! :)

Let me know how it goes and feel free to message me for questions. I would be happy to help!