How to insert .html file in outlook as text by using python

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I want to insert a .html file as text by using python. I am using win32com but problem is that it is attaching the file in attachment i want to insert it in main body.

import win32com.client
from conf import *
const=win32com.client.constants
olMailItem = 0x0
obj = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
newMail = obj.CreateItem(olMailItem)
newMail.Subject = "ST_Report_20" + time.strftime("%y%m%d")
newMail.Body = "Please Find the Report here " + path + "\index.html"

newMail.To = "[email protected]"
attachment1 = "D:\Work\Report_auto\Report.htm" 

newMail.Attachments.Add(attachment1)
newMail.display()

newMail.send()

What if you try to change the Body Format? newMail.BodyFormat newMail.HTMLBody = mail_body — giosans
– giosans, Commented May 25, 2016 at 10:01
@giosans What i give in newMail.HTMLBody = ----- shall I gave the path of HTML file or the code written in it ? — Manish Saini
– Manish Saini, Commented May 25, 2016 at 10:22

Arun G · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-25 10:36:03Z

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you may need to convert the index.html to string first and concatenate with mail.HTMLBody

.....
with open('index.html', 'r') as myfile:
    data=myfile.read()
newMail.HTMLBody = "Please Find the Report here " + data

.....

edited May 25, 2016 at 10:36

answered May 25, 2016 at 10:23

Arun G

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Arun G Over a year ago

let me know if this helped you :)

Manish Saini Over a year ago

Hi Arun, This will help me there is one thing to edit I have to use newMail.HTMLBody Thanks :)

Chandra Shekhar Over a year ago

Could someone please help in case I am using smtplib to send the mail using python. And I want to put the content of the HTML file directly in the body of the mail not as an attachment? Thanks.

Chandra Shekhar · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-14 19:38:17Z

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If someone is using smtplib in that case, we need to use the below snippet:

  with open('file.html', 'r') as myfile2:
            data2 = myfile2.read()

        body2 = data2

        message2 = MIMEMultipart()
        message2["From"] = [email protected]
        message2["To"] = ", ".join(recipients)
        message2["Subject"] = "Your subject"

        message2.attach(MIMEText(body2, "html"))
        #message2.set_payload(body2) ## it is for text
        session2 = self.create_session(config_details)
        session2.sendmail(config_details[0], self.recipients, message2.as_string())
        session2.quit();

answered Feb 14, 2022 at 19:38

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