Adding Attachment to email through Outlook (Python)

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I am trying to add a .pdf to an email as an attachment but I keep getting this error:

pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (4096, 'Microsoft Outlook', 'Cannot add the attachment; no data source was provided.', None, 0, -2147352567), None)

The path is correct and the rest of my email code works perfectly using win32com. I have tried adding the other parameters for Attachments.add but the last two are optional.

Msg.Attachments.add(Source = "C:\\Users\User\Desktop\Python\ThisisaTestTitle.pdf", Type=olByValue)

Does anyone have experience with this error?

Using "\\" or "/" for all of them doesn't help. I printed the string and it prints as: C:\Users\User\Desktop\Python\ThisisaTestTitle.pdf — E Falcon
– E Falcon, Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 11:14
Try using an r in front of the path r"C://Users//User//Desktop//Python//ThisisaTestTitle.pdf". — Avión
– Avión, Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 12:21

evergreen · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-04 13:43:48Z

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The "add" should be capitalized: Msg.Attachments.Add(...

answered Apr 4, 2016 at 13:43

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E Falcon Over a year ago

Of course that's all it is.... Here is my working final code setup: Msg.Attachments.Add(Source = "{}\\{}".format(os.getcwd(),pdfname))

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