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How do I send as an attachment a file save in a FileField in Django?

how can I send a mail with a file saved in a FileField? I don't know how to access the file in the code below.

mail = EmailMessage(subject, message, 'from@from,com', ['to@to.com'])
mail.attach(?, ?, 'application/pdf')
mail.send()

EDIT

I tried to open the file with 

f = list_pca.pdf_file.open(mode='rb')

where list_pca is an instance of

class ListPCA(models.Model):
    pdf_file = models.FileField(upload_to=get_file_path_j, null=True, blank=True)

but I get an error "No such file or directory", because the path is wrong.

and 

list_pca.pdf_file.path

return the wrong path too. Isn't it supposed to know where is the file thanks to the upload_to option?

Thanks

Thanks

Solution 
  • mail = EmailMessage(subject, message, 'from@from,com', ['to@to.com'])
mail.attach('arbitrary_filename', myfile.read(), 'application/pdf')
mail.send()

    Since you're using EmailMessage, you can just pass it the attachments kwarg as well.

    email = EmailMessage(subject, message, 'from@from,com', ['to@to.com'], 
    attachments=(('foo.pdf', myfile.read(), 'application/pdf'),))