Here's the basic template we use for scheduled task scripts. It includes a lot more than just sending an email but I wanted to show it in context. I have some tweaks planned but this basic structure has served us well for years. We also log the success or failure to a table in SDE so we can report on everything but I left the logging part out.
"""Brief description of script here.
More detailed description of script, dependencies, and purpose.
Followed by a change log.
"""
import arcpy
import datetime
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
import os
import smtplib
from socket import gethostname
def main():
sde_sdeconn = r"C:\GISConnections\SDE@GTEST.sde"
gisviewer_sdeconn = r"C:\GISConnections\GISVIEWER@GTEST.sde"
mytemp_gdb = r"\\mynas\BlakeT\Work\Temp.gdb"
addr_from = "PythonScript@mydomain.com"
addr_to = ["someone@mydomain.com", "anotherperson@mydomain.com"]
addr_cc = []
addr_bcc = []
recipients = addr_to+addr_cc+addr_bcc
msg_root = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
msg_root['From'] = addr_from
msg_root['To'] = ", ".join(addr_to)
msg_root['Cc'] = ", ".join(addr_cc)
msg_root['Subject'] = os.path.basename(__file__)
msg = "{scriptName} (TaskID {tID}) ran on {hostComputer}".format(
scriptName = os.path.basename(__file__),
tID = taskID,
hostComputer = gethostname()
)
istring = " Started {} ".format(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
msg += "\n\n{:~^64}\n\n".format(istring)
try:
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True
"""---------------- Main script processing code here ----------------"""
msg += "Get workspace factory"
msg += "\nStart {}\n".format(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
print(arcpy.Describe(mytemp_gdb).workspaceFactoryProgID)
if arcpy.GetMessages(1):
msg += arcpy.GetMessages(1)
msg += "Finish {}\n\n".format(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
"""------------------------------------------------------------------"""
istring = " Finished {} ".format(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
msg += "{:~^64}\n\n".format(istring)
except Exception as err:
if err.message and err.message in arcpy.GetMessages(2):
displayErr = "\n{}".format(arcpy.GetMessages())
else:
displayErr = "{}\n({})".format(
unicode(err).encode("utf-8"),
datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
)
msg += displayErr
finally:
arcpy.ClearWorkspaceCache_management()
msg_body = MIMEText(msg, 'plain')
msg_root.attach(msg_body)
s = smtplib.SMTP('COCMAIL01.CI.CHANDLER.AZ.US')
s.set_debuglevel(1)
s.sendmail(addr_from, recipients, msg_root.as_string())
s.quit()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
In reference to your question about monitoring data for certain criteria, you could schedule this script as a task in Windows for whatever interval you need. The script could check for your conditions and only send the email if the conditions are met.
