Send Email Using yagmail in Python

In this article, we are going to see how to send email using yagmail. yagmail(Yet Another Gmail)  is a module in python which used to send emails using Python. This module is nothing, just a Gmail/SMTP(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) client that removes the issues of sending emails through Python. This helps the Web App to interact with Gmail without any issues.

Note: This makes Gmail accounts vulnerable to some unauthorized access, so to impose security in Gmail accounts, use OAuth2 credentials to get access rights. 

Installation:

pip install yagmail

Register User Email ID:

By registering, we allow the yagmail to access our Gmail account in consent to send emails. There is a need for an SMTP client to provide the authentication to the client for sending an email.  

yagmail.register(“Sender’s Gmail Username”, “Sender’s Gmail Password”)

Connect to SMTP server:

To initiate a connection with the SMTP server using the SMTP client, use the command below.

yag = yagmail.SMTP(“Sender@gmail.com”)

Adding Content and Delivering:

• In 1st argument in send() function, pass the receiver’s email address.
• Then in the 2nd one, pass the Subject of the Mail your sender is sending.
• Now in the 3rd one, pass the  Content of Mail i.e text or media.

yag.send(“Receiver@gmail.com”,”Subject Of Mail”,”Content(Text, Media etc)”)

Sending simple email:

Python3

# importing yagmail and its packages
import yagmail

# initiating connection with SMTP server
yag = yagmail.SMTP("Sender's Email Address",
                   "Sender's Email Address Password")
# Adding Content and sending it
yag.send("Receiver's Email Address",
         "Subject of Email to be send",
         "Content(Text,Media, etc. files) of Email to be send")

Sending Email With Multiple Attachments

Here we will send an email with multiple attachments. In attachments, attributes pass through the list of attachments that have to be sent to the receiver.

Syntax: yag.send(“Receiver@gmail.com”,”Subject Of Mail”,”Content Of Mail”, attachments= [‘Attachment1.png’,’ Attachment2.png’,’ Attachment3.png’])

Code:

Python3

# importing yagmail and its packages
import yagmail

# initiating connection with SMTP server
yag = yagmail.SMTP("Sender's Email Address",
                   "Sender's Email Address Password")

# Adding multiple attachments and mailing them
yag.send("Receiver@gmail.com","Subject Of Mail","Content Of Mail",
         attachments=['Attachment1.png','Attachment2.png','Attachment3.png'])

Output:

Sending Emails to Multiple Recipients

In “to” argument in send() function, pass the list of multiple receivers email addresses.

Syntax: yag.send(to=[“recipient1@gmail.com”,”recipient2@gmail.com”,”recipient3@gmail.com”], “Subject Of Mail”,”Content Of Mail”)

Code:

Python3

# importing yagmail and its packages
import yagmail

# initiating connection with SMTP server
yag = yagmail.SMTP("Sender's Email Address",
                   "Sender's Email Address Password")

# Adding multiple recipents name in "to" argument
yag.send(to=["recipient1@gmail.com","recipient2@gmail.com",
             "recipient3@gmail.com"],"Subject Of Mail","Content Of Mail")

Output:

Sending Emails with CC and BCC Fields

 In cc(carbon copy) pass the receiver2 email address and in the 3rd one i.e in bcc(blind carbon copy) pass the receiver3 email address..

Syntax: yag.send(to=”Receiver1@gmail.com”,cc=”Receiver2@gmail.com”, bcc=”Receiver1@gmail.com”,”Subject Of Mail”,”Content Of Mail”)

Code:

Python3

# importing yagmail and its packages
import yagmail

# initiating connection with SMTP server
yag = yagmail.SMTP("Sender's Email Address",
                   "Sender's Email Address Password")

# Passing other recipients name to cc and bcc arguments
yag.send(to = "Receiver1@gmail.com", cc = "Receiver2@gmail.com",
         bcc = "Receiver1@gmail.com","Subject Of Mail","Content Of Mail")

Output:

Send an HTML Email

 Pass the Content of Mail inside HTML tags. So, the message will be formatted following the HTML syntax that you have given.

Syntax: yag.send(“Receiver@gmail.com”,”Subject Of Mail”,”<h2>Content Of Mail</h2>”)

Code:

Python3

# importing yagmail and its packages
import yagmail

# initiating connection with SMTP server
yag = yagmail.SMTP("Sender's Email Address",
                   "Sender's Email Address Password")

# Passing content inside HTML tags to content argument
yag.send("Receiver@gmail.com","Subject Of Mail",
         "<h2>Content Of Mail</h2>")

Output: