Getting "LazyImporter object is not callable" error when trying to send email using python smtplib

Question

Getting "LazyImporter' object is not callable" error when trying to send email with attachments using python smtplib from gmail. I have enabled allow less security app setting on in sender gmail

Code:

import smtplib
from email import MIMEBase
from email import MIMEText
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email import Encoders
import os

def send_email(to, subject, text, filenames):
    try:
        gmail_user = '[email protected]'
        gmail_pwd = 'xxxx'

        msg = MIMEMultipart()
        msg['From'] = gmail_user 
        msg['To'] = ", ".join(to)
        msg['Subject'] = subject

        msg.attach(MIMEText(text))

        for file in filenames:
            part = MIMEBase('application', 'octet-stream')
            part.set_payload(open(file, 'rb').read())
            Encoders.encode_base64(part)
            part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="%s"'% os.path.basename(file))
            msg.attach(part)

        mailServer = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com:587") #465,587
        mailServer.ehlo()
        mailServer.starttls()
        mailServer.ehlo()
        mailServer.login(gmail_user, gmail_pwd)
        mailServer.sendmail(gmail_user, to, msg.as_string())
        mailServer.close()
        print('successfully sent the mail')

    except smtplib.SMTPException,error::

        print str(error)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    attachment_file = ['t1.txt','t2.csv']
    to = "[email protected]" 
    TEXT = "Hello everyone"
    SUBJECT = "Testing sending using gmail"

    send_email(to, SUBJECT, TEXT, attachment_file)

Error : File "test_mail.py", line 64, in send_email(to, SUBJECT, TEXT, attachment_file) File "test_mail.py", line 24, in send_email msg.attach(MIMEText(text)) TypeError: 'LazyImporter' object is not callable

Change import to from email.mime.text import MIMEText, because now you are importing module which is not callable — How about nope
@ How about nope, tried with from email.mime.text import MIMEText. Still getting same error. — Sum
probably you are getting it now in line: part = MIMEBase('application', 'octet-stream') - the same story as above, change to from email.mime.base import MIMEBase — How about nope
@How about nope. The code is working now after making changes in import as suggested by you. — Sum

Francois Gosselin Francois Gosselin · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-26T12:40:19

Like @How about nope said, with your import statement you are importing the MIMEText module and not the class. I can reproduce the error from your code. When I import from email.mime.text instead, the error disappear.

Getting "LazyImporter object is not callable" error when trying to send email using python smtplib

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