include an image in a email with python

I'm able to compose a HTML-formatted body of an email with python and send it with Email+, but how do I include an image located in a certain folder?

My script in python2 used in Indigo7 does not work in Indigo 2022.2.

old method: (Don't remember where I found this coding, I'm not a programmer myself )
.....
theBody ="some text with HTML formatting"
theBody=theBody + "<p><img src='cid:image1'><br>"
theBody=theBody + "<img src='cid:image2'></p>"
msgText = MIMEText(theBody, 'html')
fp = open(os.path.expanduser("~/Documents/INDIGOplotD/Temperatuur-minute-S2.png"), "rb")
msgImage = MIMEImage(fp.read())
fp.close()
msgImage.add_header('Content-ID', '<image1>')
msgRoot.attach(msgImage)
fp = open(os.path.expanduser("~/Documents/INDIGOplotD/vermogen-minute-S2.png"), "rb")
msgImage = MIMEImage(fp.read())
fp.close()
msgImage.add_header('Content-ID', '<image2>')
msgRoot.attach(msgImage)
.......

Use Email+ plugin scripting:

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props = {   
    'emailTo': 'address1, address2',
    'emailCC': 'address3, address4',
    'emailBCC': 'address5, address6',
    'emailSubject': 'Message Subject',
    'emailAttachments': 'file1, file2, file3',
    'emailFormat': 'plain'   (or 'html')
    'emailMessage': 'Message text'
}

emailPlugin = indigo.server.getPlugin("com.indigodomo.email")
if emailPlugin.isEnabled():
    emailPlugin.executeAction("sendEmail", deviceId=12345678, props=props)


The deviceId is the ID of the SMTP device that was created when you upgraded to 2022.X.

Hi FLyingDiver.
Thanks for the quick reply
Your example is exactly is the way I finally send my email now. The problem is that I want to include an image somewhere in the body of the mail, not as separate attachment
So I have to include some code to include it in "message text". So somewhere in the code for theBody in the below example. Using an URL referring to a location on my harddrive does not work for the receiver of the mail.

My new code (without an image)
....
theBody=theBody + "<tr><td>- Oven: " + tdr + str(Teller2) + "</td><td>kWh</td></tr>"
theBody=theBody + "<tr><td>- Wasmachine:" + tdr + str(Teller3) + "</td><td>kWh</td></tr>"
theBody=theBody + "</table></p>"
theBody=theBody + "<p> ***** some code for an image ***</p>

props = {
'emailTo': 'J.Kiesewetter@nospam.nl',
'emailSubject': 'Dagrapport',
'emailFormat': 'html',
'emailMessage': theBody
}

plugin = indigo.server.getPlugin("com.indigodomo.email")
if plugin.isEnabled():
plugin.executeAction("sendEmail", deviceId= 1117910686, props=props)

You're going to need to compose the email in another client then look at the exact structure of the HTML generated. You probably need to base64 encode the actual image then include that string in the body.