To use a third-party email service with Django, you will need to configure the Django email settings correctly. Django includes a robust email framework, allowing you to send emails using the `smtp` module or third-party email services like SendGrid, MailGun, Amazon SES, etc.
Let’s take an example of how you can use SendGrid with Django:
First, you need to install the SendGrid python module by using pip:
`pip install sendgrid`
After you’ve done this, you need to configure your Django settings. Below is an example of how to set up your `settings.py` for SendGrid:
```
EMAIL_BACKEND = ‘django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend‘
SENDGRID_API_KEY = ‘your-sendgrid-api-key‘
EMAIL_HOST = ‘smtp.sendgrid.net‘
EMAIL_HOST_USER = ‘apikey’ # this is exactly the value ‘apikey‘
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = SENDGRID_API_KEY
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = ‘your verified sender email‘
```
With this configuration, you will be able to use Django’s standard `send_mail` function to send emails:
```
from django.core.mail import send_mail
send_mail(
‘Hello from SendGrid’,
‘Hello world’,
‘from@example.com’,
[‘to@example.com’],
fail_silently=False,
)
```
When this function is called, Django uses the `EMAIL_BACKEND` specified in your settings file and sends the email.
Another way is to use the SendGrid Python API, which offers more functionality than using SMTP.
Setup is similar, but you have to modify your settings as these:
```
SENDGRID_API_KEY = ‘your-sendgrid-api-key‘
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = ‘your verified sender email‘
```
And to send an email, you can use the `SendGridAPIClient`:
```
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient
from sendgrid.helpers.mail import Mail
message = Mail( from_email=‘from@example.com’, to_emails=‘to@example.com’, subject=‘Hello from SendGrid’, plain_text_content=‘Hello World’)
try:
sg = SendGridAPIClient(SENDGRID_API_KEY)
response = sg.send(message)
except Exception as e:
print(str(e))
```
Remember, you have to replace the `‘your-sendgrid-api-key’` with your personal `SENDGRID_API_KEY`, and the `‘your verified sender email’` with your verified sender email from your SendGrid account.
You can do similar configurations for other third-party email services.
SOURCE:
- Django Documentation on Sending email (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/email/)
- SendGrid Documentation on How to send email using python (https://sendgrid.com/docs/for-developers/sending-email/using-the-mail-send-helper-class/)
