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Automating Daily Email Reports in Python

Automating Daily Email Reports in Python


Automating Daily Email Reports in Python

Introduction

To automate sending daily email reports in Python, you can use the `smtplib` and `email` libraries

for sending emails and `schedule` for scheduling the task. Here's a step-by-step guide and a sample

script.
Automating Daily Email Reports in Python

Step-by-Step Guide

1. **Install Required Libraries:**

You need to install the `schedule` library. You can do this using pip:

```bash

pip install schedule

```

2. **Prepare Your Email Credentials:**

Make sure you have your email service credentials (like Gmail) handy. You'll need your email

address and an app-specific password if you're using Gmail.

3. **Write the Python Script:**

```python

import smtplib

from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart

from email.mime.text import MIMEText

import schedule

import time

# Email credentials

EMAIL_ADDRESS = '[email protected]'

EMAIL_PASSWORD = 'your_password'

# Email content

def get_email_content():

# You can customize this function to generate your daily report


Automating Daily Email Reports in Python

subject = "Daily Report"

body = "This is your daily report."

return subject, body

# Send email function

def send_email(subject, body):

# Create the email

msg = MIMEMultipart()

msg['From'] = EMAIL_ADDRESS

msg['To'] = '[email protected]'

msg['Subject'] = subject

# Attach the email body

msg.attach(MIMEText(body, 'plain'))

# Setup the SMTP server and send the email

try:

with smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587) as server:

server.starttls()

server.login(EMAIL_ADDRESS, EMAIL_PASSWORD)

server.send_message(msg)

print("Email sent successfully")

except Exception as e:

print(f"Failed to send email: {e}")


Automating Daily Email Reports in Python

# Task to send the daily email

def send_daily_report():

subject, body = get_email_content()

send_email(subject, body)

# Schedule the task

schedule.every().day.at("08:00").do(send_daily_report) # Adjust the time as needed

# Keep the script running

while True:

schedule.run_pending()

time.sleep(1)

```
Automating Daily Email Reports in Python

Setting Up the Script

1. **Email Configuration:**

- Replace `[email protected]` and `your_password` with your actual email and password.

- Set the `msg['To']` field to the recipient's email address.

2. **Customize the Report:**

- Modify the `get_email_content` function to generate the actual content of your daily report.

3. **Adjust the Schedule:**

- The line `schedule.every().day.at("08:00").do(send_daily_report)` schedules the report to be sent

every day at 8:00 AM. You can change the time as needed.

4. **Run the Script:**

- Save the script to a file, for example, `daily_report.py`.

- Run the script with:

```bash

python daily_report.py

```

- Ensure this script runs continuously. You might want to set it up as a background service using

tools like `systemd` on Linux or Task Scheduler on Windows.


Automating Daily Email Reports in Python

Running as a Background Service

**On Linux with systemd:**

1. Create a service file:

```bash

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/daily_report.service

```

2. Add the following content to the file:

```ini

[Unit]

Description=Daily Report Email Service

[Service]

ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /path/to/your/daily_report.py

Restart=always

User=your_username

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

```

3. Reload systemd, enable and start the service:

```bash

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable daily_report.service


Automating Daily Email Reports in Python

sudo systemctl start daily_report.service

```

**On Windows with Task Scheduler:**

1. Open Task Scheduler and create a new task.

2. Set the trigger to daily and specify the time.

3. Set the action to start a program and point to your Python interpreter with the script path as an

argument.

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