Django: How to send HTML emails with embedded images

Question

How can I send HTML emails with embedded images? How the HTML should link to the images? The images should be added as MultiPart email attach?

Any example is very ap

Answer 1

I have tried the below code and it worked.

Code:

msg = EmailMessage()

# generic email headers
msg['Subject'] = 'Welcome'
msg['From'] = 'abc@gmail.com'
recipients = ['abc@gmail.com']

# set the plain text body
msg.set_content('This is a plain text body.')

# now create a Content-ID for the image
image_cid = make_msgid(domain='')
# if `domain` argument isn't provided, it will
# use your computer's name

# set an alternative html body
msg.add_alternative("""\
    
   
      

         

            

               

                  

                     

                        

                           

                              
                           
                        
                        

                           

                              

                                 

                                    

                                       

                                          Hi {name},


                                          Welcome!
                                       
                                    
                                 
                              
                           
                        
                     
                  
               
            
         
      
   

""".format(image_cid=image_cid[1:-1],name='ABC'), subtype='html')
# image_cid looks like 
# to use it as the img src, we don't need `<` or `>`
# so we use [1:-1] to strip them off

# now open the image and attach it to the email
with open('/path/image.jpg', 'rb') as img:
    # know the Content-Type of the image
    maintype, subtype = mimetypes.guess_type(img.name)[0].split('/')

    # attach it
    msg.get_payload()[1].add_related(img.read(),
                                     maintype=maintype,
                                     subtype=subtype,
                                     cid=image_cid)
server = smtplib.SMTP(host=, port=25)

server.starttls()
# send the message via the server.
server.sendmail(msg['From'], recipients, msg.as_string())

server.quit()