diff --git a/email/__init__.py b/email/__init__.py
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+from __future__ import print_function
+from flask import current_app
+from googleapiclient.discovery import build
+from apiclient import errors
+import os
+from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+import base64
+from google.oauth2 import service_account
+from exceptions import EmailFailedException
+
+
+def _login():
+    """Logs in to the google API for emails"""
+    scopes = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send']
+    service_account_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'service-key.json'))
+    creds = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(service_account_file, scopes=scopes)
+    delegated_creds = creds.with_subject(current_app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'])
+    service = build('gmail', 'v1', credentials=delegated_creds)
+    return service
+
+
+def _create_message(subject, sender, recipient, txt_body, html_body):
+    message = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
+    message['To'] = recipient
+    message['From'] = sender
+    message['Subject'] = subject
+    message.attach(MIMEText(txt_body, 'plain'))
+    message.attach(MIMEText(html_body, 'html'))
+    return {'raw': base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_bytes()).decode('utf-8')}
+
+
+def send_email(subject, sender, recipient, txt_body, html_body):
+    """
+    Sends an email using the google email API.
+
+    Arguments:
+        subject (`str`): The subject text for the email.
+        sender (`str`): The email address of the sender.
+        recipient (`str`): The email address to send the email to.
+        txt_body (`str`): The plain text of the email.
+        html_body (`str`): The HTML of the email.
+    """
+    service = _login()
+    message = _create_message(subject, sender, recipient, txt_body, html_body)
+
+    try:
+        msg = (service.users().messages().send(userId='me', body=message).execute())
+        print(f'Message ID: {msg["id"]}')
+        return msg
+    except errors.HttpError as error:
+        raise EmailFailedException(message=f'Failed to send message: {str(error)}')
diff --git a/email/exceptions.py b/email/exceptions.py
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+
+class EmailFailedException(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, message='Unable to send email', errors=None):
+        super().__init__(message)
+        self.errors = errors