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Latest revision as of 10:25, 11 February 2015
The netrc module is a nice way to store credentials securely:
First create a ~/.netrc file in your home directory. Include the following:
machine smtp.gmail.com
username your_username
password your_password
Make sure that the file is properly protected with the appropriate permissions.
Then in your python script, to access the username and password simply:
import netrc
HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
secrets = netrc.netrc()
username, account, password = secrets.authenticators( HOST )
and you're set! You can easily call the netrc settings from any python script.
Here's a helpful example of using the [smtp](http://www.nixtutor.com/linux/send-mail-through-gmail-with-python/) tools in python.
