I get AttributeError while sending Email with Python

Question

I am trying to send an email with Python. But I'm having a bug. This is my code:

import smtplib


def sendmail(subject, body):
    smtp = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com", 587)
    smtp.ehlo()
    smtp.starttls()
    smtp.login("....@gmail.com", PASSWORD)
    message_body = f"Subject:{subject}\n\n{body}"
    smtp.sendmail("...@gmail.com", "....@gmail.com", message_body)
    smtp.quit()

sendmail("test subject", "test body")

I however get the below bug: AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'encode'

AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last) in 10 smtp.quit() 11 ---> 12 sendmail("test subject", "test body") — Ololade, Feb 23 '20 at 06:54
Maybe your method names are conflicting. sendmail method is already defined in smtplib. Try changing your method name. — Nishant Agarwal, Feb 23 '20 at 07:03
I tried your code it worked fine on my computer. Have your tried stepping through in a debugger? Is PASSWORD defined as a string? — jignatius, Feb 23 '20 at 09:18
PASSWORD is not defined as a string. Stepping through in a debugger? — Ololade, Feb 23 '20 at 14:10
PASSWORD should be a string containing your password. That maybe the cause of your issue. Try setting PASSWORD above the function and see if that works. — jignatius, Feb 23 '20 at 14:19
The password was set to a string but I'm getting the bug - Username and password not accepted. — Ololade, Feb 23 '20 at 16:06
Now that you are sending the username and password properly, it looks like Google is blocking the attempt to login to your account from a less secure source. Follow the instructions here to enable access: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16512592/login-credentials-not-working-with-gmail-smtp — jignatius, Feb 23 '20 at 20:52
It worked! After turning on less secure apps and putting my password in a string. Thanks a lot jignatius — Ololade, Feb 24 '20 at 03:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '20 at 06:41

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Try this :

smtp.sendmail(sender, recipient, message_body.as_string())

answered Feb 23 '20 at 06:41

Nishant Agarwal

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I'm still getting the same bug. – Ololade Feb 23 '20 at 06:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '20 at 07:06

from documentation

msg may be a string containing characters in the ASCII range, or a byte string. A string is encoded to bytes using the ascii codec, and lone \r and \n characters are converted to \r\n characters. A byte string is not modified.

  smtp.sendmail(sender, recipient, str(message_body))

I get AttributeError while sending Email with Python

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