Email alerts on sensor thresholds in Raspberry Pi - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to import the module needed to send emails.

Raspberry Pi

import [1]

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Arandom

Btime

Csmtplib

Dos

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Importing unrelated modules like random or time.

The smtplib module is used to send emails in Python.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to check if the sensor value exceeds the threshold.

Raspberry Pi

if sensor_value [1] threshold:

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A>

B<

C==

D<=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using less than or equal operators instead of greater than.

We want to send an alert when the sensor value is greater than the threshold.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to create an SMTP connection.

Raspberry Pi

server = smtplib.SMTP([1], 587)

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A'smtp.gmail.com'

Bsmtp.gmail.com

C'localhost'

Dlocalhost

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Not putting quotes around the server address.

The SMTP server address must be a string, so it needs quotes.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to log in to the SMTP server with email and password.

Raspberry Pi

server.login([1], [2])

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A'[e-mail]'

B'your_password'

C'smtp.gmail.com'

D'[e-mail]'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using server address or recipient email instead of login credentials.

You must provide your email and password as strings to log in.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to send an email alert with subject and body.

Raspberry Pi

message = f"Subject: [1]\n\n[2]"
server.sendmail([3], '[e-mail]', message)

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A"Sensor Alert!"

B"The sensor value exceeded the threshold."

C'[e-mail]'

D'your_password'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using password instead of sender email in sendmail.

The subject and body are strings, and the sender email is needed to send the mail.