Is it possible to use the Python requests library to send Gmail only using the Google Gmail API? I am trying to send Gmail with a python request library. But it ends up with an error 401. I want to know what is the proper way to send Gmail with Google Gmail API.
import sys
import requests
import base64
import sys
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
AccessToken = ""
params = {
"grant_type": "refresh_token",
"client_id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"client_secret": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"refresh_token": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
}
authorization_url = "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token"
r = requests.post(authorization_url, data=params)
if r.ok:
AccessToken = str((r.json()['access_token']))
EmailFrom = "[email protected]"
EmailTo = "[email protected]"
def create_message(sender, to, subject, message_text):
message = MIMEText(message_text, 'html')
message['to'] = to
message['from'] = sender
message['subject'] = subject
raw = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_bytes())
raw = raw.decode()
body = {'raw': raw}
return body
body = create_message(EmailFrom, EmailTo, "Just wanna Say Waka Waka!", "Waka Waka!")
url = "https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send"
header = {
'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + AccessToken,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Accept': 'application/json'
}
r = requests.post(
url,
header,
body
)
print(r.text)
There is an example on in the documentation for sending with python You should consider using the Python Client library instead of coding this yourself.
def create_message(sender, to, subject, message_text):
"""Create a message for an email.
Args:
sender: Email address of the sender.
to: Email address of the receiver.
subject: The subject of the email message.
message_text: The text of the email message.
Returns:
An object containing a base64url encoded email object.
"""
message = MIMEText(message_text)
message['to'] = to
message['from'] = sender
message['subject'] = subject
return {'raw': base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_string())}