error: unrecognized arguments

[zafar202]

hi folks i am new to python and getting below error when i call my python function thru shell scripting. for some reason it doesnt likes the s_body="test kajdsfkj"

Error:
------------------------ error unrecognized arguments: kajdsfkj
usage: pemail.py [-h] [-f FRM] [-t TO] [-s SUBJECT] [-b BODY] [-a ATTACHMENT]

pemail.py: error: [b]unrecognized arguments: kajdsfkj[/b]

------------------------- saved below code as pmail.sh

#!/bin/sh

s_email='[email protected]'
s_body="test kajdsfkj"
s_attachment='/tmp/test3.txt'
python pemail.py -t $s_email -s $s_subject -b $s_body -a $s_attachment > /home/xxx/mytest/logs/email.$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S").log

------------------------- saved below python code to pmail.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import boto3
import sys
import csv
import os
#import optparse
import argparse
import re
import email.utils

from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.Utils import parseaddr, formataddr
from email.utils import getaddresses


def pemail(args):
   print args.to
   print args.subject
   print args.body
   print args.attachment

   xfilename = os.path.basename(args.attachment)

   #recipients = [ args.to ]
   recipients = args.to.split(',') 
   #strbody = args.body.split(',') 


   msg=MIMEMultipart()
   msg['Subject'] = args.subject 
   #msg['Subject'] = my_string
   msg['From'] = args.frm
   msg['To'] = ",".join(recipients)
   
   msg.preable = 'Multipart message.\n'
   
   emailbody = args.body

   endline ="\n NOTE: this is an automated e-mail, please do not reply to this address as it is not monitored."
   
   xdata = unicode( emailbody + "\n" + endline )
   part = MIMEText(xdata)
   msg.attach(part)
      
   part = MIMEApplication(open(args.attachment, 'r').read(), Name=xfilename)
   part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename='+xfilename)
   msg.attach(part)
   
   ses = boto3.client('ses')
   
   response = ses.send_raw_email(
           Source = msg['From'],
           Destinations= recipients ,
           RawMessage={
               'Data': msg.as_string()
           }
       )
   print response
   if response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'] == 200:
      print 'Success'
   else:
      print 'Email failed.'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ## Setup and parse command line arguments
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='pemail.py', description='Sends an email with an attachment.')
    parser.add_argument('-f', '--frm', default='[email protected]', help='The sender address.')
    parser.add_argument('-t', '--to', help='The recipient address.')
    parser.add_argument('-s', '--subject', help='The subject of the email.')
    parser.add_argument('-b', '--body', help='The body of the email.')
    ##parser.add_argument('-b', '--body', type=str, required=True)
    parser.add_argument('-a', '--attachment', help='The path to the attachment.')

    args=parser.parse_args()

    pemail(args)

[wavic]

What do you pass as arguments to the command? And according to the error, we don't need all the script. Just the argparse part.

[zafar202]

if __name__ == '__main__':
   ## Setup and parse command line arguments
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='pemail.py', description='Sends an email with an attachment.')
   parser.add_argument('-f', '--frm', default='[email protected]', help='The sender address.')
   parser.add_argument('-t', '--to', help='The recipient address.')
   parser.add_argument('-s', '--subject', help='The subject of the email.')
   parser.add_argument('-b', '--body', help='The body of the email.')
   ##parser.add_argument('-b', '--body', type=str, required=True)
   parser.add_argument('-a', '--attachment', help='The path to the attachment.')

   args=parser.parse_args()

   pemail(args)

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hi Wavic
I am passing following command to the function

there is some issue passing parameter s_body="test kajdsfkj"
------------------

#!/bin/sh

s_email='[email protected]'
s_body="test kajdsfkj"
s_attachment='/tmp/test3.txt'
python pemail.py -t $s_email -s $s_subject -b $s_body -a $s_attachment > /home/xxx/mytest/logs/email.$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S").log

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