lightweight-python-email-class

Simple Python Email Class

Reusable class for Python with JSON config; ideal for plaintext alerts. Tested on Debian 9 Stretch

Dependences

• Python 3+
• Json
• SMTP with SSL (tested with Rackspace)

Install

Via terminal, run:

git clone https://github.com/angela-d/simple-python-email-class.git && cd simple-python-email-class

chmod u+x versionCheck.py && cd ..

Rename the directory to suit your project:

mv simple-python-email-class newdirname

• Open config.json and set up your initial alert; set email addresses, messages and mailserver info

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Test it

• Open versionCheck.py and change the Python version to something not on your machine; ie. from: bash if not sys.version_info[:3] >= (3, 5): To: bash if not sys.version_info[:4] >= (4, 5): Execute the script in cli: bash python3 versionCheck.py

Note: versionCheck.py is an optional component and not required for the emailer to run.

How to use

Anywhere you'd like to trigger an email during an exception, simply call:

# import the required modules & emailer class
import json
from classes.emailer import Emailer

# open & read config.json
# variable names can be changed to suit your application
with open('config.json') as developerAlerts:
    devs = json.load(developerAlerts)

#ensure you modify the trigger variables below to sync with your json extraction
sendAnEmail = Emailer(
    devs['dev_alerts']['from'],
    devs['dev_alerts']['to'],
    devs['dev_alerts']['subject'],
    devs['dev_alerts']['message'],
    devs['dev_alerts']['server'],
    devs['dev_alerts']['outgoing_port'],
    devs['dev_alerts']['pw']
)