How to send HTML content in email using Python? I can send simple texts.
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Answer
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:
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#! /usr/bin/python2
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import smtplib4
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from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart6
from email.mime.text import MIMEText7
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# me == my email address9
# you == recipient's email address10
me = "my@email.com"11
you = "your@email.com"12
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# Create message container - the correct MIME type is multipart/alternative.14
msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative')15
msg['Subject'] = "Link"16
msg['From'] = me17
msg['To'] = you18
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# Create the body of the message (a plain-text and an HTML version).20
text = "Hi!nHow are you?nHere is the link you wanted:nhttp://www.python.org"21
html = """22
<html>23
<head></head>24
<body>25
<p>Hi!<br>26
How are you?<br>27
Here is the <a href="http://www.python.org">link</a> you wanted.28
</p>29
</body>30
</html>31
"""32
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# Record the MIME types of both parts - text/plain and text/html.34
part1 = MIMEText(text, 'plain')35
part2 = MIMEText(html, 'html')36
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# Attach parts into message container.38
# According to RFC 2046, the last part of a multipart message, in this case39
# the HTML message, is best and preferred.40
msg.attach(part1)41
msg.attach(part2)42
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# Send the message via local SMTP server.44
s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')45
# sendmail function takes 3 arguments: sender's address, recipient's address46
# and message to send - here it is sent as one string.47
s.sendmail(me, you, msg.as_string())48
s.quit()49