def send_mail(
subject: str,
html_body: str,
from_email: str,
to: List[str],
categories: List[str] = None,
reply_to: str = None,
headers: dict = None,
preheader: str = None,
template_id: str = None,
):
"""Send mail using the dynamic template specified by template_id.
This template should include these variables:
- Subject: {{ subject }}
- Preheader: {{ preheader }}
- Somewhere in the template: {{{ body }}}
Tip: to display a name for the from_email, use this format:
- `"Name" <*****@*****.**>`
"""
if headers is None:
headers = dict()
headers["Reply-To"] = reply_to
raw_body = strip_tags(html_body)
mail = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject=subject,
body=raw_body,
from_email=from_email,
to=to,
headers=headers)
if not template_id:
template_id = settings.TEMPLATE_ID
mail.template_id = template_id
mail.dynamic_template_data = dict(body=html_body,
subject=subject,
preheader=preheader)
if categories:
mail.categories = categories
mail.send()
def render_mail(self, template_prefix, email, context):
"""
Renders an e-mail to `email`. `template_prefix` identifies the
e-mail that is to be sent, e.g. "account/email/email_confirmation"
"""
subject = render_to_string("{0}_subject.txt".format(template_prefix), context)
# remove superfluous line breaks
subject = " ".join(subject.splitlines()).strip()
subject = self.format_email_subject(subject)
from_email = self.get_from_email()
bodies = {}
for ext in ["html", "txt"]:
try:
template_name = "{0}_message.{1}".format(template_prefix, ext)
bodies[ext] = render_to_string(template_name, context).strip()
except TemplateDoesNotExist:
if ext == "txt" and not bodies:
# We need at least one body
raise
if "txt" in bodies:
msg = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, bodies["txt"], from_email, [email])
if "html" in bodies:
msg.attach_alternative(bodies["html"], "text/html")
html_body = bodies["html"]
else:
html_body = linebreaksbr(bodies["txt"])
else:
msg = EmailMessage(subject, bodies["html"], from_email, [email])
msg.content_subtype = "html" # Main content is now text/html
body = bodies["html"]
msg.template_id = settings.TEMPLATE_ID
msg.dynamic_template_data = dict(body=html_body, subject=subject)
return msg
