pythonpython-3.xmimeemail-attachmentsmime-mail

How to add a "Body" to a python mime multipart(has attachment) email


I am using the following snippet to send an email with an attachment. I want to add a message in the body describing the attachment, how do I do it? Currently I get the email with a blank body.

msg = MIMEMultipart()
    msg["From"] = emailfrom
    msg["To"] = emailto
    msg["Subject"] = subject



    ctype, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(fileToSend)
    if ctype is None or encoding is not None:
        ctype = "application/octet-stream"

    maintype, subtype = ctype.split("/", 1)

    if maintype == "text":
        fp = open(fileToSend)
        # Note: we should handle calculating the charset
        attachment = MIMEText(fp.read(), _subtype=subtype)
        fp.close()
    elif maintype == "image":
        fp = open(fileToSend, "rb")
        attachment = MIMEImage(fp.read(), _subtype=subtype)
        fp.close()
    elif maintype == "audio":
        fp = open(fileToSend, "rb")
        attachment = MIMEAudio(fp.read(), _subtype=subtype)
        fp.close()
    else:
        fp = open(fileToSend, "rb")
        attachment = MIMEBase(maintype, subtype)
        attachment.set_payload(fp.read())
        fp.close()
        encoders.encode_base64(attachment)
    attachment.add_header("Content-Disposition", "attachment", filename=os.path.basename(fileToSend))
    msg.attach(attachment)

    server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
    server.sendmail(emailfrom, emailto, msg.as_string())
    server.quit()

Solution

  • This is how I did it:

    body = "Text for body"
    msg.attach(MIMEText(body,'plain'))
    

    I did it after declaring subject and before attaching the file.