#100DaysOfCode in Python Transcripts
Chapter: Days 64-66: Sending emails with smtplib
Lecture: Obtaining your Gmail App ID
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Okay, the first thing we want to do
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is generate an application password or an application ID.
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This is a specific code, a string
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that we are going to insert into our script
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that allows your script or you program to talk to Google
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okay, this is going to talk to your Google account
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and it'll give you a script access
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into your Gmail account in order
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to be able to send these emails, okay.
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Naturally that needs to happen
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or just anyone could script your account, right?
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So we kind of want to have something like this.
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Now I'm looking at a support.goggle Article 185833,
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just write that number down, 185833
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that is the article all about signing in
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using application passwords.
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If you go down to How To Generate An App Password
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you can click on App Passwords here
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that takes you to security.google.com
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Settings, Security, App Passwords okay
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don't worry these will all pop up on the screen
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as you're watching this.
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Now, let's just copy and paste that.
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You'll be asked to log in, okay
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enter your Gmail password or your
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Google account password I should say
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and then you can progress to the next screen.
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Once we're logged in you can then see
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any existing application passwords you might have running.
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Probably the safest thing to do would be
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to create one of these passwords per application, okay.
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That way if it ever gets compromised
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it's only really one, you can delete that
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and you'll only impact one application.
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Now to do this, to set one up, you click on
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Select The App, now we want to work with our mail,
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okay, so that's what we're going to select
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select a device, now in this case,
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we're going to choose Other, Custom Name
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let's just call it 100 Days Script
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alright and then we click on Generate.
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And this will give us a nice pop up
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with the application password in a yellow rectangle.
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So like I said, it's going to be mapped to one application
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store it in there maybe save it in a password vault
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if you feel you're going to lose the application
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or the environment variable just keep
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very close tabs on this, understanding that
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it has full access to your account, okay.
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So be careful, be very careful
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and, click on Done and then you'll be able to see it
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in your current application passwords
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and that's it, keep that password handy
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we're going to need it in the next script.
