Python Script to Send a Random Mars Rover Image via Email Using SendGrid and Twilio

This Python script will retrieve a random image from NASA's Mars Rover Photos API and send it as an email attachment to a specified recipient using SendGrid and Twilio.

Dependencies

Python 3 Requests library SendGrid Python library Twilio Python library Instructions

Install the required dependencies: pip install requests pip install sendgrid pip install twilio Create a file called mars.py and enter the following code: Python import requests from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient from twilio.rest import Client

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

SENDGRID_API_KEY = "YOUR_SENDGRID_API_KEY"

ACCOUNT_SID = "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID" AUTH_TOKEN = "YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN"

RECIPIENT_EMAIL = "RECIPIENT_EMAIL"

def get_mars_photo_url(): # Retrieve the latest image from the Mars Rover Photos API url = "https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1/rovers/curiosity/photos" params = { "sol": "random", "api_key": API_KEY } response = requests.get(url, params) response_dictionary = response.json()

# Return the URL of the image
return response_dictionary["photos"][0]["img_src"]

def send_email(photo_url): # Create a SendGrid client sg = SendGridAPIClient(SENDGRID_API_KEY)

# Create an email object
email = sg.Mail()
email.set_from("YOUR_SENDER_EMAIL")
email.set_to(RECIPIENT_EMAIL)
email.set_subject("Random Mars Rover Image")
email.set_body("Here is a random image from Mars!")

# Add the image attachment
with open(photo_url, "rb") as f:
    attachment = sg.Attachment()
    attachment.set_content(f.read())
    attachment.set_type("image/jpeg")
    attachment.set_filename("mars.jpg")
    email.add_attachment(attachment)

# Send the email
sg.send(email)

if name == "main": # Get the URL of the random Mars Rover image photo_url = get_mars_photo_url()

# Send the email with the image attachment
send_email(photo_url)

Use code with caution. Learn more Replace the YOUR_API_KEY, YOUR_SENDGRID_API_KEY, YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID, YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN, and RECIPIENT_EMAIL variables with your own values.

Save the file and run it:

python mars.py This will send an email to the specified recipient with a random image from NASA's Mars Rover Photos API.

Modifications to Send a Random Image

To modify the script to send a random image, you can make the following changes:

In the get_mars_photo_url() function, change the sol parameter to random. In the send_email() function, change the body variable to something like the following: Here is a random image from Mars!

[Image of Mars] This will replace the body of the email with the following:

Here is a random image from Mars!

[Image of Mars] The Image of MarsOpens in a new window science.nasa.gov placeholder will be replaced with the URL of the random Mars Rover image.

Additional Modifications

You can also modify the script to add additional functionality, such as:

Sending the email at a specific time or date. Sending the email to multiple recipients. Including additional information in the email, such as the date and time the image was taken.