A python script to email your representatives about topics you are passionate about.
Make sure you are using python 3
python --version
Install the dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
Save email address and password in environment as
export MY_GMAIL_USERNAME=example@gmail.com
export MY_GMAIL_PASSWORD=ex@mpleP@ssword
If you do not have 2 step verification enabled, go to Google Account > Security > Signing in to Google and turn on less secure app access. You will want to turn this off after you ar done.
If you have 2 step verification enabled, go to Google Account > Security > Signing in to Google. Create app password, you can name it anything you want, then copy the 16 character password and export that as MY_GMAIL_PASSWORD without spaces.
The script takes as input a .csv file containing the emails and titles of those to whom you are sending the emails, and a .txt file containing the body, sign off, and signature.
The csv file should be formatted as below and should include the headers.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| clinton@senate.gov | Senator Clinton |
| aoc@house.gov | Rep. Ocasio-Cortez |
| jsmith@delegates.gov | Del. John Smith |
Here is an example of the txt file:
My name is Jane Doe and I a do not approve of bill 1.1.1.
Please consider voting against this bill.
Thank you <NAME>.
Sincerely,
Jane Doe
Jane Doe
jane@gmail.com
111-111-1111
If you would like to include the name of the recipient anywhere in the body of the email, you can use <NAME> like above.
Run script:
python runner.py recipients.csv email.txt 'Subject Line' 'Dear'
Where recipients.csv and email.txt are files or, if they are not in this directory, paths to files described above and in help below.
To get help include --help:
usage: runner.py [-h] recipients body subject intro
Sending emails using gmail
positional arguments:
recipients a path to a csv file containing the recipient names and emails
body a path to a txt file containg the body, closing, and signature
of the email
subject the subject of the email - ex: 'Concern regarding bill 1.1.1'
intro the intro or greeting - ex: 'Dear', 'Hello', 'Good Morning'
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit