email - Attach a txt file in Python smtplib

Question

I am sending a plain text email as follows:

import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

def send_message():
    msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
    s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.sendgrid.net', 587)
    s.login(USERNAME, PASSWORD)

    toEmail, fromEmail = [email protected], [email protected]
    msg['Subject'] = 'subject'
    msg['From'] = fromEmail
    body = 'This is the message'

    content = MIMEText(body, 'plain')
    msg.attach(content)
    s.sendmail(fromEmail, toEmail, msg.as_string())

In addition to this message, I would like to attach a txt file, 'log_file.txt'. How would I attach a txt file here?

Answer 1

The same way, using msg.attach:

from email.mime.text import MIMEText

filename = "text.txt"
f = file(filename)
attachment = MIMEText(f.read())
attachment.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=filename)           
msg.attach(attachment)