Adding 'auto_mailer.py' script to repo

auto_mailer.py

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from email.message import EmailMessage
+import smtplib
+import getpass
+import os
+import mimetypes
+#Defining the email labels
+message = EmailMessage()
+sender = '[email protected]'
+recipient = '[email protected]'
+body = """Hi.
+
+I'm learning how to send an email using Python.
+How cool is that?"""
+#Setting the email keys and labels values
+message['From'] = sender
+message['To'] = recipient
+message['Subject'] = "Greetings from {} to {}".format(sender, recipient)
+message.set_content(body)
+
+#Defining attachment variables
+attachment_path = 'C:/Users/tawan/images/africa.jpg'
+attachment_filename = os.path.basename(attachment_path)
+mime_type, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(attachment_path)
+mime_main, mime_subtype = mime_type.split('/', 1)
+
+#Adding the email attachment
+with open(attachment_path, 'rb') as ap:
+    message.add_attachment(ap.read(),
+                            maintype=mime_main,
+                            subtype=mime_subtype,
+                            filename=os.path.basename(attachment_path))
+
+#Seting up mail server connection
+mail_server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL('smtp.gmail.com')
+mail_server.set_debuglevel(1)
+mail_pass = getpass.getpass('Password? ')
+mail_server.login(sender, mail_pass)
+
+#Sending the email
+mail_server.send_message(message)
+#Close the connection
+mail_server.quit()

run.py

@@ -4,37 +4,45 @@
 import requests
 
 def create_dict(path):
+    # Get a list of files in the directory and add the directory path
     file_list = os.listdir(path)
     dirs = [path + x for x in file_list]
-
+    # Create an empty list to store the dictionaries
     dict_list = []
-    keys = 'title', 'name', 'date', 'feedback'
-
     for file in dirs:
+        # Open each file, read contents, store in a dictionary
+        # Dictionary keys correspond to data labels in the files
         dic = {}
         with open(file) as f:
             count = 0
             for line in f:
                 line = line.strip()
                 if count == 0:
-                    dic[keys[count]] = line
+                    dic['title'] = line
                 elif count == 1:
-                    dic[keys[count]] = line
+                    dic['name'] = line
                 elif count == 2:
-                    dic[keys[count]] = line
+                    dic['date'] = line
                 else:
-                    dic[keys[count]] = line
+                    dic['feedback'] = line
                 count += 1
         dict_list.append(dic)
     return(dict_list)
 
 def api_call(url, dictionary):
-    response = requests.post(url, json=dictionary)
-    if response.status_code != 201:
+    # Function takes web service url and list of dictionaries
+    # Pass one dictionary at a time to avoid Error 415.
+    # Web service expects a dictionary not a list. 
+    for dict in dictionary:
+      response = requests.post(url, data=dict)
+      # Print alert if something goes wrong.
+      if response.status_code != 201:
         raise Exception("POST failed with status code {}".format(response.status_code))
 
 def main():
-    dictionary = create_dict('C:/Users/tawan/data/feedback/')
+    # Run the functions. 'create_dict' takes directory containing text files
+    dictionary = create_dict('/data/feedback/')
+    # 'api_call' takes web service url as a command line argument
     api_call(sys.argv[1], dictionary)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":