send_error_mail.py

"""
Sends a separate email in the case that there's any errors.
"""

from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
import smtplib
import ssl


def send_error_mail(receiver, sender, password):
    """
    Send an email informing the user that an ical couldn't be created.

    Args:
        receiver: string representing the receiver of the error email.
        username: string representing the email address of the bot
        password: string representing the password of the bot
    """

    subject = 'iCal could not be created'
    body = 'Hi, we could not create an ical for your event. Please make sure\
    your email contains either a date or time.'

    msg = MIMEMultipart()

    # add body and subject line text to message
    msg.attach(MIMEText(body))
    msg['Subject'] = subject

    # setup server for emails
    port = 465  # For SSL
    smtp_server = "smtp.gmail.com"

    context = ssl.create_default_context()

    with smtplib.SMTP_SSL(smtp_server, port, context=context) as server:
        server.login(sender, password)
        text = msg.as_string()
        server.sendmail(sender, receiver, text)  # send email