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Python: send emails by mandrill. Django and standalone example
"""
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/
"""
# ======
# 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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wrux commented Jun 15, 2015

Where would you parse the from email and name? For an contact from as an example

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Lh4cKg commented Oct 4, 2015

nice job ;)

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