How to send emails with Django?

Django, a high-level Python web development framework, supports sending emails through its `django.core.mail` module.

The built-in EmailMessage class helps in creating and sending email messages. However, according to the Django Documentation, you can also use a short cut method called send\_mail() to send simple messages, or the EmailMultiAlternatives class if you need to send multipart messages, for example with both text and HTML content.

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to send emails with Django:

1. Set email parameters in Django settings:

First, you need to set up the email backend settings in your Django settings file (usually `settings.py`). \`\`\` EMAIL\_BACKEND=‘django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend‘ EMAIL\_HOST = ‘your-smtp-server.com‘ EMAIL\_PORT = 587 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True EMAIL_HOST_USER = ‘your-email@example.com‘ EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = ‘your-email-password‘ \`\`\` Note: These settings are tailored for an SMTP server. If you’re using a different kind of server like Google’s Gmail or some other provider, you might need to change these settings accordingly.

1. Use Django’s email methods:

Now you can use Django’s built-in email support to send email. For example: \`\`\` from django.core.mail import send\_mail send\_mail( ‘Subject here’, ‘Here is the message.’, ‘from@example.com’, [‘to@example.com’], fail\_silently=False, ) \`\`\` This script will send a simple email with a subject and a message body from `from@example.com` to `to@example.com`.

1. Send multiple-part email:

To send a multiple-part email (for example, an HTML email), you could use the following code: \`\`\` from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives subject, from\_email, to = ‘Subject’, ‘from@example.com’, ‘to@example.com‘ text\_content = ‘This is a simple text message.‘ html\_content = ‘

This is an HTML message.

’ msg = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, text_content, from_email, [to]) msg.attach_alternative(html_content, “text/html”) msg.send() \`\`\` This will send a multiple-part email with both plain text (for email clients that can’t handle HTML email) and HTML versions of your message.

Remember to include the proper exception handling to deal with any potential issues with the email sending process.

Make sure that you have Django’s mail sending service properly set up and that the server accepting the emails allows SMTP connections.

SOURCE:

- [Django documentation: Sending email](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/email/)
- [Django documentation: Email Backend Settings](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#email-backend)
- [Digital Ocean: How to Send Emails with Django?](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-send-email-with-django)