# Email ## Setting Up Email Notifications To send email notifications from DataSpace, you need SMTP credentials from your email service provider. {% hint style="warning" %} Store your SMTP credentials as environment variables in DataSpace to keep them secure. {% endhint %} ## Notification Implementation Once you have your SMTP credentials configured as environment variables, you can send email notifications using Python's built-in `smtplib` library. ```python import polars as pl import smtplib import os from email.mime.text import MIMEText from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart SMTP_SERVER = os.environ["SMTP_SERVER"] SMTP_PORT = int(os.environ.get("SMTP_PORT", "587")) SMTP_USERNAME = os.environ["SMTP_USERNAME"] SMTP_PASSWORD = os.environ["SMTP_PASSWORD"] FROM_EMAIL = os.environ["FROM_EMAIL"] def send_email(to_email, subject, body, html=False): message = MIMEMultipart("alternative") message["Subject"] = subject message["From"] = FROM_EMAIL message["To"] = to_email # Add body to email content_type = "html" if html else "plain" message.attach(MIMEText(body, content_type)) try: # Connect to SMTP server with smtplib.SMTP(SMTP_SERVER, SMTP_PORT) as server: server.starttls() # Secure the connection server.login(SMTP_USERNAME, SMTP_PASSWORD) server.send_message(message) print(f"Email sent successfully to {to_email}") return {"status": "success", "recipient": to_email} except Exception as e: print(f"Failed to send email: {str(e)}") return {"status": "error", "message": str(e)} def transform(): subject = "⚠️ New Alert from DataSpace" body = """

Alert Notification

This is an automated notification from your DataSpace transformation.

Status: Action Required

""" response = send_email( to_email="recipient@example.com", subject=subject, body=body, html=True ) return pl.LazyFrame(response) ``` ## Example Email Templates

HTML formatting and examples

Email supports rich HTML formatting for better presentation: **Basic HTML Structure:** ```html

Main Heading

Paragraph text with bold and italic.

List item 1
List item 2

Link ``` **Styled Alert Example:** ```html

⚠️ Alert

Your data pipeline has detected an anomaly.

Time: 2025-02-28 14:30:00

``` You can also include tables, images, and custom styling for professional-looking notifications.