Python: send emails by mandrill. Django and standalone example
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Example of mandrill service in python (http://mandrill.com/) | |
Description of usage in python: | |
Russian: http://www.lexev.org/2014/send-email-django-project-mandrill-service/ | |
English: http://www.lexev.org/en/2014/send-email-django-project-mandrill-service/ | |
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# ====== | |
# Django | |
# ====== | |
# install | |
# ------- | |
pip install django-mandrill | |
# settings.py | |
# ----------- | |
INSTALLED_APPS += ('django_mandrill',) | |
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_mandrill.mail.backends.mandrillbackend.EmailBackend' | |
MANDRILL_API_KEY = "valid api key" | |
# mandrill_mail.py | |
# ---------------- | |
from django_mandrill.mail import MandrillTemplateMail | |
def send_mandrill_email(template_name, email_to, context=None, curr_site=None): | |
if context is None: | |
context = {} | |
message = { | |
'to': [], | |
'global_merge_vars': [] | |
} | |
for em in email_to: | |
message['to'].append({'email': em}) | |
for k, v in context.items(): | |
message['global_merge_vars'].append( | |
{'name': k, 'content': v} | |
) | |
MandrillTemplateMail(template_name, [], message).send() | |
send_mandrill_email('template-1', ["sendto@email.com"], context={'Name': "Bob Marley"}) | |
# ================ | |
# Standalone usage | |
# ================ | |
# install | |
# ------- | |
pip install mandrill | |
# send email | |
# ---------- | |
import mandrill | |
API_KEY = 'valid_api_key' | |
def send_mail(template_name, email_to, context): | |
mandrill_client = mandrill.Mandrill(API_KEY) | |
message = { | |
'to': [], | |
'global_merge_vars': [] | |
} | |
for em in email_to: | |
message['to'].append({'email': em}) | |
for k, v in context.iteritems(): | |
message['global_merge_vars'].append( | |
{'name': k, 'content': v} | |
) | |
mandrill_client.messages.send_template(template_name, [], message) | |
send_mail('template-1', ["sendto@email.com"], context={'Name': "Bob Marley"}) |
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Where would you parse the from email and name? For an contact from as an example