How to Use Gmail to Send an Email with Python’s Yagmail library?

Here’s how you can quickly send an email with Gmail using the Yagmail library:

  • Install Yagmail by running the command pip install yagmail in your shell.
  • Install Keyring by running the command pip install keyring in your shell.
  • Execute the following code snippet (specify your own username, password, and email content):
import yagmail
yag = yagmail.SMTP('username', 'password')
yag.send(to = 'receiver@email.com',
         subject = 'hi',
         contents = 'Just wanted to say "hi"')

VoilΓ . You can consult the README to find out about more features such as sending HTML messages.

Leave a Comment