Install the following dependencies:
pip install flask
pip install flask-mail
Then create a simple flask app that allows you to send messages as follows.
Create a new app.py file:
from flask import Flask, make_response, jsonify
from flask_mail import Mail, Message
import os
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['MAIL_SERVER'] = 'smtp.gmail.com'
app.config['MAIL_PORT'] = 465
app.config['MAIL_USE_TLS'] = False
app.config['MAIL_USE_SSL'] = True
app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'] = os.getenv('MAIL_USERNAME')
app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD'] = os.getenv('MAIL_PASSWORD')
mail = Mail(app)
@app.route('/')
def send_mail():
with app.app_context():
msg = Message(subject="Hello",
sender='[email protected]',
recipients=["[email protected]"],
body="This is a test email I sent with Gmail and Python!")
mail.send(msg)
return make_response(jsonify({
"message": "Email sent successfully"
}))
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(debug=True)
Note that the username and password are stored in a separate .env file and their values are called as show above.
Run the app by typing python3 app.py