# Ignition Edge sends emails but no attachments

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision, ignition83\
**Created:** [October 23, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666 "2025-10-23T02:51:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![marshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@marshall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/1 "2025-10-23T02:51:20Z")

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I have been able to get my ignition edge panel vision client send email with a button, however no attachments are sent. Is this system able to send .csv files as attachments?

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**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/2 "2025-10-23T08:12:59Z")

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Show your code! Please see [Wiki - how to post code on this forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wiki-how-to-post-code-on-this-forum/77831).

Welcome to the forum.

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**Author:** ![marshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@marshall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/3 "2025-10-23T20:13:55Z")

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```python
import system
import system.util
import datetime
from java.lang import String
from java.util import Date
from array import array

def email_historian_data_report():
    
    # Get a logger instance for debugging 
    logger = system.util.getLogger("Historian_Email_Report_CSV")
    logger.info("--- SCRIPT STARTING (CSV Attachment Test) ---")
    
    # --- CONFIGURATION: UPDATE THESE THREE LINES ---
    EMAIL_PROFILE = "Gateway Profile" # <-- Changed for publishing
    RECIPIENT_ADDRESS = "receiver@email.com.au" # <-- Changed for publishing
    SENDER_ADDRESS = "sender@email.com"      
    # --- End Configuration ---
    
    # --- Historian Tag Configuration (Add more tags as required) ---
    tag_paths_to_export = [
        "[edge]PLC/Controller:Global/LT101/Trend"
        # Add more tags here if needed
    ]
    # --- End Configuration ---

    try:
        # --- 1. Calculate Date Range (Previous Sunday to Now) ---
        now = system.date.now()
        
        startDate = system.date.midnight(now)
        while system.date.getDayOfWeek(startDate) != 1: 
            startDate = system.date.addDays(startDate, -1)
            
        if system.date.getDayOfWeek(now) == 1 and system.date.isSameDay(now, startDate):
            startDate = system.date.addWeeks(startDate, -1) 
            
        endDate = now
        
        start_date_str = system.date.format(startDate, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
        end_date_str = system.date.format(endDate, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
        logger.info("Querying history from {} to {}".format(start_date_str, end_date_str))

        if not tag_paths_to_export:
            system.gui.warningBox("No historized tags defined in the script for export.")
            return

        # --- 2. Query Tag History ---
        historical_data = system.tag.queryTagHistory(
            paths=tag_paths_to_export,
            startDate=startDate,
            endDate=endDate,
            intervalSeconds=120,          
            aggregationMode="LastValue",  
            columnFormat="Tall"           
        )
        
        row_count = historical_data.getRowCount()
        logger.info("Query returned {} rows of historical data.".format(row_count))

        # --- 3. Check Data and Convert ---
        if row_count <= 1: 
            logger.warn("No valid historical data found (row count <= 1). Aborting email send.")
            system.gui.warningBox("No historical data found. Email not sent.")
            return
            
        # Convert the dataset to a CSV string
        csv_string = system.dataset.toCSV(historical_data)

        # Convert Python string to Java Byte Array for attachment
        # This prevents the 'unicode' object has no attribute 'getBytes' error.
        java_byte_string = String(csv_string).getBytes("UTF-8")
        attachmentBytes = array('b', java_byte_string)

        logger.info("CSV attachment size: {} bytes".format(len(attachmentBytes)))

        # Generate file name dynamically
        file_name = "WeeklyHistorianExport_{}.csv".format(
            system.date.format(now, "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss")
        )

        # --- 4. Prepare and Send Email ---
        attachments = [
            {
                'data': attachmentBytes,
                'name': file_name,
                'contentType': 'text/csv'
            }
        ]
        
        email_subject = "Weekly Historian Report (CSV ATTACH): {} to {}".format(
             system.date.format(startDate, "yyyy-MM-dd"),
             system.date.format(endDate, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
        )
        
        email_body = "Please find the attached CSV file with the historical data from {} until {}.".format(
             system.date.format(startDate, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"),
             system.date.format(endDate, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm")
        )

        system.net.sendEmail(
            smtpProfile=EMAIL_PROFILE,
            to=[RECIPIENT_ADDRESS],
            fromAddr=SENDER_ADDRESS,
            subject=email_subject,
            body=email_body,
            html=False, # Body is plain text for this testing purposes
            attachments=attachments 
        )
        
        logger.info("--- SCRIPT ENDED SUCCESSFULLY ---")
        system.gui.messageBox("Success! Historical data report has been sent to {}.".format(RECIPIENT_ADDRESS))

    except Exception as e:
        logger.error("Error in email_historian_data_report: {}".format(e))
        system.gui.errorBox("Error sending historical data email: {}".format(e) + "\nCheck Gateway logs for details on the failure.")

# Call the main function when the script runs
email_historian_data_report()

```

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/4 "2025-10-23T20:18:44Z")

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It seems like the keyword args are `attachmentNames` and `attachmentData` per the docs for [system.net.sendEmail](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.3/appendix/scripting-functions/system-net/system-net-sendEmail). Looking back in history it seems it has been that way for some time (at least back to 7.9)--is there a reason you're using `attachments` instead and where did you source that structure?

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**Author:** ![marshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@marshall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/5 "2025-10-23T20:46:39Z")

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It was recommended to me by a coworker. So based on that, if I changed it to `attachmentNames`=attachments (where attachments is defined earlier), then I’d have better luck?

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/6 "2025-10-23T20:54:31Z")

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Take a look at the docs link I posted above.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/7 "2025-10-23T20:59:05Z")

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Also, I'll say it for the record, though it's likely to fall on deaf ears:

**Don't use LLMs to create Ignition code blindly**.

If you don't already know what you're doing, an LLM will happily give you a mountain of _terrible_ code.

I'm not going to bother listing them all, but besides the parameter name hallucination there's a large number of problems with the single code snippet you've posted.

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**Author:** ![marshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@marshall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/8 "2025-10-23T21:03:09Z")

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I hear you Paul! I am learning, and when trying to go beyond what the user manual outlines I have reached out for some help. Trying to decipher what it is doing and then adjusting from there.

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**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/9 "2025-10-23T21:14:15Z")

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> [@Updating Limble Asset Information through Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-limble-asset-information-through-ignition/111559/3):
>
> Your LLM steered you wrong and gave you a lot more code than you need; they're quite good at that. This is less code and does the same as what you wrote, but with better error handling and usable from any scope, not just callable from Perspective. You can drop this into the project library. # ================================ # Limble API credentials # ================================ # These credentials are used to authenticate with the Limble CMMS API. # client\_id and client\_secret are provid…

Similar setup here - nothing against you personally, it's just that each time I work through a "person got a mountain of code from an LLM" post and try to guide them through all the things it did wrong makes me feel like Sisyphus.

Top level notes:

- You should only rarely need to import anything in small Ignition scripts. Any imports you do use, you should be judicious about.
  - You should _never_ import `system` or anything from system.
  - You should never use Jython's `datetime` library.
  - You should (almost) never have to import core Java classes like `Date` and `String`

- Defining an `email_historian_data_report()` function only to call it in the same file is totally pointless. If you're going to define this as a function, it should be in the project library, and it should accept useful parameters (potentially with default values).
- `while` loops are rarer than imports and should also almost never be used.
- `system.gui.warningBox` is a Vision only function that precludes this script from working in Perspective or being called from anywhere else in Ignition.
- Logging statements should be called with `infof` variants to do string formatting lazily, for the sake of performance.
- There's no need to import `array` or coerce the Jython string into a Java string in order to pass it to the attachment parameter
- A `try/catch Exception` around the whole block is only going to cause you grief troubleshooting, as it won't catch Java exceptions and it throws away the stacktrace, the most useful element for troubleshooting.

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**Author:** ![marshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@marshall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/10 "2025-10-26T22:33:45Z")

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Alright team, I’ve headed back to the user manual and just tried using the basic send email with attachment function, using an smtpProfile, and trying to attach a CSV.  
Now, no email sends from that email profile which i know is capable of sending emails. Any Ideas of what paths i need to be chasing?

Code

> ```python
> filePath = system.file.openFile()
> if filePath != None:
> 
> This gets the filename without the C:\folder stuff
> 
> fileName = filePath.split("\")[-1]
> fileData = system.file.readFileAsBytes(filePath)
> smtpProfile="ECS Email Profile Name"
> subject = "Here is the file you requested"
> body = "Hello, this is an email."
> recipients = ["mXXXX@ecs.com.au"]
> system.net.sendEmail(smtpProfile, subject, body, False, recipients, [fileName], [fileData])
> 
> ```

The error i Receive is this (short)

> Traceback (most recent call last):  
> File "event:actionPerformed", line 10, in  
> java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.ClassCastException: Cannot coerce type 'org.python.core.PyList' to number type 'java.lang.Boolean'
> 
> ```python
> caused by ClassCastException: Cannot coerce type 'org.python.core.PyList' to number type 'java.lang.Boolean'
> 
> ```
> 
> Ignition v8.3.0 (b2025091510)  
> Java: Azul Systems, Inc. 17.0.16

(long)

> Traceback (most recent call last):  
> File "event:actionPerformed", line 10, in  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.TypeUtilities.coerceNumber(TypeUtilities.java:1463)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.TypeUtilities.coerce(TypeUtilities.java:1601)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.PyArgumentMap.coerce(PyArgumentMap.java:130)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.PyArgumentMap.interpretPyArgs(PyArgumentMap.java:82)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.PyArgumentMap.interpretPyArgs(PyArgumentMap.java:40)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.AbstractNetUtilities.sendEmail(AbstractNetUtilities.java:145)  
> at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor89.invoke(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)  
> java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.ClassCastException: Cannot coerce type 'org.python.core.PyList' to number type 'java.lang.Boolean'
> 
> ```python
> at org.python.core.Py.JavaError(Py.java:545)
> at org.python.core.Py.JavaError(Py.java:536)
> at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction. __call__ (PyReflectedFunction.java:192)
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.ScriptManager$ReflectedInstanceFunction. __call__ (ScriptManager.java:563)
> at org.python.core.PyObject. __call__ (PyObject.java:433)
> at org.python.core.PyObject. __call__ (PyObject.java:437)
> at org.python.pycode._pyx86.f$0(<event:actionPerformed>:10)
> at org.python.pycode._pyx86.call_function(<event:actionPerformed>)
> at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.java:173)
> at org.python.core.PyCode.call(PyCode.java:18)
> at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Py.java:1703)
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.ScriptManager.runCode(ScriptManager.java:813)
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.action.ActionAdapter.runActions(ActionAdapter.java:212)
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.action.ActionAdapter.invoke(ActionAdapter.java:303)
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.action.RelayInvocationHandler.invoke(RelayInvocationHandler.java:57)
> at jdk.proxy2/jdk.proxy2.$Proxy77.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
> at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
> at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
> at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source)
> at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
> at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
> at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
> 
> ```
> 
> Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: Cannot coerce type 'org.python.core.PyList' to number type 'java.lang.Boolean'  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.TypeUtilities.coerceNumber(TypeUtilities.java:1463)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.TypeUtilities.coerce(TypeUtilities.java:1601)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.PyArgumentMap.coerce(PyArgumentMap.java:130)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.PyArgumentMap.interpretPyArgs(PyArgumentMap.java:82)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.PyArgumentMap.interpretPyArgs(PyArgumentMap.java:40)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.AbstractNetUtilities.sendEmail(AbstractNetUtilities.java:145)  
> at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor89.invoke(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)  
> at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction. **call** (PyReflectedFunction.java:190)  
> ... 48 more
> 
> Ignition v8.3.0 (b2025091510)  
> Java: Azul Systems, Inc. 17.0.16

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**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/11 "2025-10-27T08:36:42Z")

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> [@marshall](#):
>
> `system.net.sendEmail(smtpProfile, subject, body, False, recipients, [fileName], [fileData])`

Why are you enclosing fileName and fileData in [] ?

Edit: hmm nevermind, the user manual suggests this

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**Author:** ![David\_Stone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/david_stone/32/79749_2.png) [@David\_Stone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_Stone)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/12 "2025-10-27T08:47:37Z")

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> [@marshall](#):
>
> `False,`

None of the examples use this, they all use 0 or 1 instead of True/False.

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**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/13 "2025-10-27T08:52:00Z")

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> [@marshall](#):
>
> system.net.sendEmail(smtpProfile, subject, body, False, recipients, [fileName], [fileData])

```python
system.net.sendEmail(smtp=smtpProfile, fromAddr=someAddress, subject=subject, body=body, html=0, to=recipients, attachmentNames=fileName, attachmentData=fileData)

```

You are missing the `fromAddr`, definitely should be using keyword arguments here for ease of troubleshooting.

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/14 "2025-10-27T09:10:19Z")

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This works for me, albeit I didn’t test on Edge;

```python
filePath = system.file.openFile()
if filePath != None:
   # This gets the filename without the C:\folder stuff
   fileName = filePath.split("\\")[-1]
   fileData = system.file.readFileAsBytes(filePath)
   smtp_server = "test"
   sender = "test"
   subject_mail = "Here is the file you requested"
   body_mail = "Hello, this is an email."
   recipients = ["test"]
   
   system.net.sendEmail(
   	smtpProfile = smtp_server, fromAddr = sender, 
   	subject = subject_mail, body = body_mail, html = 0, 
   	to = recipients, attachmentNames = [fileName], 
   	attachmentData = [fileData])

```

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/5/651d10160335f8fea132c6a3876e0bb23c093693.png)

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**Author:** ![marshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@marshall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/15 "2025-10-27T20:41:55Z")

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Ah sorry, I though the fromAddress was superseded by the smtpProfile in the same way that some of the other data becomes unused

As for the 0/1/true/false stuff, I had tried with the 0/1 but since its looking for a Bool, I thought True/False might be more successful. Turns out either work.

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**Author:** ![marshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@marshall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/16 "2025-10-27T21:02:15Z")

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Thanks Mate, this worked for me too on Edge (the Ignition platform, not the mental state). I think it came down to defining every item explicitly, rather than implicitly.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/17 "2025-10-27T22:14:08Z")

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`sendEmail` is probably our worst function example in terms of "overloaded with a laundry list of parameters that have accrued over time". We actually have a ticket to add an alternative function (that requires you use an existing SMTP profile to simplify things). In the meantime - definitely use explicit argument names, both for the sake of correctness and for your future sanity as a maintainer.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/18 "2025-10-27T22:33:46Z")

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I recommend that you set the from address to something like `scriptname.projectname.servername@companyname.com` and construct this programmatically so that it auto-updates if the project is copied or moved to another server. It will be a big help in debugging quickly if the script goes rogue and your company's email gets blacklisted!

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**Author:** ![marshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@marshall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marshall)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/19 "2025-10-27T22:34:24Z")

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Thanks For all your help though!  
I have now actually just opened the file that I attached to myself, and have now realised that whatever the file type, (.txt .csv .xls .bmp) either doesnt open or looks incorrectly encoded/encrypted

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-sends-emails-but-no-attachments/111666/20 "2025-10-28T02:14:27Z")

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Hmm, I had sent myself a .txt as a test which was a saved SQL script, it opens fine for me.

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