[Zope] How to create a file and send it by e-mail ?
Hello all, I'm developing using ZPT and I need to create a file (CSV format) but I'm having some problems: * 1. *I only know how to create files with python but I get an *Error Type: NameError* *Error Value: global name 'file' is not defined. * I think ZOPE doe's not allow python to create files for security reasons. Can I change this security policy or it will make my application unsafe? Is there another way to create a file using ZOPE API calls ? * 2.*When I create my file how can I send it as an attachment by mail ? (I already have setup my mail host object and I can send mail's successfully.) thanks for your time.. * * ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] How to create a file and send it by e-mail ?
Nicolas Georgakopoulos schrieb: Hello all, I'm developing using ZPT and I need to create a file (CSV format) but I'm having some problems: * 1. *I only know how to create files with python but I get an *Error Type: NameError* *Error Value: global name 'file' is not defined. While I wonder how do you create a file in python using file? * I think ZOPE doe's not allow python to create files for security reasons. Can I change this security policy or it will make my application unsafe? Is there another way to create a file using ZOPE API calls ? You dont need a real (filesystem-) file if all you want is sending it over the net. Usually you just build a string - for example in python scripts via print/return printed or as a list which you join. * 2.*When I create my file how can I send it as an attachment by mail ? (I already have setup my mail host object and I can send mail's successfully.) This is a bit more difficult, there are examples to send mails with attachments per DTML, but if you want to avoid you either open the python email package for python scripts or use ChrisWs product (but I did not have the time to test it - so try it :-) Regards Tino ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] How to create a file and send it by e-mail ?
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Nicolas Georgakopoulos wrote:
I think I need it...
I don't ;-)
I have made a web page (ZPT) that a user answer's
to a questionnaire , most of the answers are provided by check boxes and
radio buttons.
When the user submit the answers a mail is send with the answers by text
in a string format like coma separated values.
You have a python script to do this, right?
The problem is that my client request to get the answer by mail with a
file as an attachment so he can analyze the data with a statistical
program SPSS.
Can this be done with Zope File Object ? (I don't think it can... )
You don't need a file object. Build the thing you want to send as a
string called data, and have a string variable called filename
containing the name you want to use for the attachment.
Then you need create a MIMEBase object for it:
# some imports
from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase
from email import Encoders
# now create the attachment
msg = MIMEBase(maintype, subtype)
msg.set_payload(data)
Encoders.encode_base64(msg)
msg.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment',
filename=filename)
# now render the MailTemplate
wrapper = context.my_mail_template.as_message(
# insert params here
)
# finally, attach the file and send
wrapper.attach(msg)
wrapper.send()
You may also be interested in something I will likely add for the 1.1.0
release:
https://secure.simplistix.co.uk/support/issue180
cheers,
Chris
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