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Small modification of Raúl Raja's Scala code to sent emails
import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
/**
* The email message sent to Actors in charge of delivering email
*
* @param subject the email subject
* @param recipient the recipient
* @param from the sender
* @param text alternative simple text
* @param html html body
*/
case class EmailMessage(subject: String,
recipient: String,
from: String,
text: Option[String] = None,
html: Option[String] = None,
smtpConfig: SmtpConfig,
retryOn: FiniteDuration,
var deliveryAttempts: Int = 0)
import akka.actor._
import akka.actor.SupervisorStrategy._
import akka.routing.SmallestMailboxRouter
import org.apache.commons.mail.{HtmlEmail, DefaultAuthenticator, EmailException}
import akka.actor.ActorDSL._
/**
* Email service
*/
object EmailService {
/**
* Uses the smallest inbox strategy to keep 20 instances alive ready to send out email
* @see SmallestMailboxRouter
*/
val emailServiceActor = akka.actor.ActorSystem("system").actorOf(
Props[EmailServiceActor].withRouter(
SmallestMailboxRouter(nrOfInstances = 50)
), name = "emailService"
)
/**
* public interface to send out emails that dispatch the message to the listening actors
* @param emailMessage the email message
*/
def send(emailMessage: EmailMessage) {
emailServiceActor ! emailMessage
}
/**
* Private helper invoked by the actors that sends the email
* @param emailMessage the email message
*/
private def sendEmailSync(emailMessage: EmailMessage) {
// Create the email message
val email = new HtmlEmail()
email.setTLS(emailMessage.smtpConfig.tls)
email.setSSL(emailMessage.smtpConfig.ssl)
email.setSmtpPort(emailMessage.smtpConfig.port)
email.setHostName(emailMessage.smtpConfig.host)
email.setAuthenticator(new DefaultAuthenticator(
emailMessage.smtpConfig.user,
emailMessage.smtpConfig.password
))
emailMessage.text match {
case Some(text) => email.setTextMsg(text)
case None =>
}
emailMessage.html match {
case Some(html) => email.setHtmlMsg(html)
case None =>
}
email.addTo(emailMessage.recipient)
.setFrom(emailMessage.from)
.setSubject(emailMessage.subject)
.send()
}
/**
* An Email sender actor that sends out email messages
* Retries delivery up to 10 times every 5 minutes as long as it receives
* an EmailException, gives up at any other type of exception
*/
class EmailServiceActor extends Actor with ActorLogging {
/**
* The actor supervisor strategy attempts to send email up to 10 times if there is a EmailException
*/
override val supervisorStrategy =
OneForOneStrategy(maxNrOfRetries = 10) {
case emailException: EmailException => {
log.debug("Restarting after receiving EmailException : {}", emailException.getMessage)
Restart
}
case unknownException: Exception => {
log.debug("Giving up. Can you recover from this? : {}", unknownException)
Stop
}
case unknownCase: Any => {
log.debug("Giving up on unexpected case : {}", unknownCase)
Stop
}
}
/**
* Forwards messages to child workers
*/
def receive = {
case message: Any => context.actorOf(Props[EmailServiceWorker]) ! message
}
}
/**
* Email worker that delivers the message
*/
class EmailServiceWorker extends Actor with ActorLogging {
/**
* The email message in scope
*/
private var emailMessage: Option[EmailMessage] = None
/**
* Delivers a message
*/
def receive = {
case email: EmailMessage => {
emailMessage = Option(email)
email.deliveryAttempts = email.deliveryAttempts + 1
log.debug("Atempting to deliver message")
sendEmailSync(email)
log.debug("Message delivered")
}
case unexpectedMessage: Any => {
log.debug("Received unexepected message : {}", unexpectedMessage)
throw new Exception("can't handle %s".format(unexpectedMessage))
}
}
/**
* If this child has been restarted due to an exception attempt redelivery
* based on the message configured delay
*/
override def preRestart(reason: Throwable, message: Option[Any]) {
if (emailMessage.isDefined) {
log.debug("Scheduling email message to be sent after attempts: {}", emailMessage.get)
import context.dispatcher
// Use this Actors' Dispatcher as ExecutionContext
context.system.scheduler.scheduleOnce(emailMessage.get.retryOn, self, emailMessage.get)
}
}
override def postStop() {
if (emailMessage.isDefined) {
log.debug("Stopped child email worker after attempts {}, {}", emailMessage.get.deliveryAttempts, self)
}
}
}
}
/**
* Smtp config
* @param tls if tls should be used with the smtp connections
* @param ssl if ssl should be used with the smtp connections
* @param port the smtp port
* @param host the smtp host name
* @param user the smtp user
* @param password the smtp password
*/
case class SmtpConfig(tls: Boolean = false,
ssl: Boolean = false,
port: Int = 25,
host: String,
user: String,
password: String)
@DaljitSinghEsfera
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I want to know ,
How to use this code. actually i am working in play framework with scala and i need some code which will able to send email with the play version 2.2.x.
Help me with the relevant code please.
Thanks in advance

@raulsaeztapia
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Thanks to both, Raul Raja and you @PanzerKunst. A good useful of Akka Actors for sending emails.

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