Package: vinta-django-templated-email
Info:A Django oriented templated email sending classAuthor:Bradley Whittington (http://github.com/bradwhittington,http://twitter.com/darb)Tests:Overviewdjango-templated-email is oriented towards sending templated emails
intended for use with transactional mailers (with support for MailchimpSTS,
and PostageApp), but as a default with a backend class which uses django’s
templating system, and django’s core.mail functions. The library supports
template inheritence, adding cc’d and bcc’d recipients, configurable
template naming and location, with easy switching between backends/providers.The send_templated_email method can be thought of as the render_to_response
shortcut for email.Getting going - installationInstalling:pip install django-templated-emailYou can add the following to your settings.py (but it works out the box):TEMPLATED_EMAIL_BACKEND = 'templated_email.backends.vanilla_django.TemplateBackend'

# You can use a shortcut version
TEMPLATED_EMAIL_BACKEND = 'templated_email.backends.vanilla_django'

# You can also use a class directly
from templated_email.backends.vanilla_django import TemplateBackend
TEMPLATED_EMAIL_BACKEND = TemplateBackendSending templated emailsExample usage using vanilla_django TemplateBackend backendPython to send mail:from templated_email import send_templated_mail
send_templated_mail(
        template_name='welcome',
        from_email='from@example.com',
        recipient_list=['to@example.com'],
        context={
            'username':request.user.username,
            'full_name':request.user.get_full_name(),
            'signup_date':request.user.date_joined
        },
        # Optional:
        # cc=['cc@example.com'],
        # bcc=['bcc@example.com'],
        # headers={'My-Custom-Header':'Custom Value'},
        # template_prefix="my_emails/",
        # template_suffix="email",
)If you would like finer control on sending the email, you can useget_templated_email, which will return a djangoEmailMessageobject, prepared using thevanilla_djangobackend:from templated_email import get_templated_mail
get_templated_mail(
        template_name='welcome',
        from_email='from@example.com',
        to=['to@example.com'],
        context={
            'username':request.user.username,
            'full_name':request.user.get_full_name(),
            'signup_date':request.user.date_joined
        },
        # Optional:
        # cc=['cc@example.com'],
        # bcc=['bcc@example.com'],
        # headers={'My-Custom-Header':'Custom Value'},
        # template_prefix="my_emails/",
        # template_suffix="email",
)You can alsoccandbccrecipients usingcc=[‘example@example.com’]. Some backends have other parameters you can override, see below.Your templateThe templated_email/ directory needs to be the templates directory.The backend will look inmy_app/templates/templated_email/welcome.email{% block subject %}My subject for {{username}}{% endblock %}
{% block plain %}
  Hi {{full_name}},

  You just signed up for my website, using:
      username: {{username}}
      join date: {{signup_date}}

  Thanks, you rock!
{% endblock %}If you want to include an HTML part to your emails, simply use the ‘html’ block{% block html %}
  <p>Hi {{full_name}},</p>

  <p>You just signed up for my website, using:
      <dl>
        <dt>username</dt><dd>{{username}}</dd>
        <dt>join date</dt><dd>{{signup_date}}</dd>
      </dl>
  </p>

  <p>Thanks, you rock!</p>
{% endblock %}The plain part can also be calculated from the HTML usinghtml2text. If you don’t specify the plain block andhtml2textpackage is installed, the plain part will be calculated from the HTML part. You can disable this behaviour in settings.pyTEMPLATED_EMAIL_AUTO_PLAIN = FalseYou can globally override the template dir, and file extension using the following variables in settings.pyTEMPLATED_EMAIL_TEMPLATE_DIR = 'templated_email/' #use '' for top level template dir, ensure there is a trailing slash
TEMPLATED_EMAIL_FILE_EXTENSION = 'email'For thevanilla_djangoandmailchimp_stsbackends you can set a value fortemplate_prefixandtemplate_suffix(or use the less backend-portabletemplate_dir/file_extension) for every time you callsend_templated_mail, if you wish to store a set of templates in a different directory. Remember to include a trailing slash.Please note / Warning about template inheritenceThere is very basic support for template inheritence (using{% extends … %}in templates). You will run into issues if you use{{block.super}}, and will result in blank parts of emails.Legacy BehaviourThe 0.2.x version of the library looked in django template directories/loaders
fortemplated_email/welcome.txtHey {{full_name}},

You just signed up for my website, using:
    username: {{username}}
    join date: {{signup_date}}

Thanks, you rock!It will usetemplated_email/welcome.htmlfor the html part
of the email allowing you to make it so much pretty.Future PlansSeehttps://github.com/bradwhittington/django-templated-email/issues?state=openUsing django_templated_email in 3rd party applicationsIf you would like to use django_templated_email to handle mail in a reusable application, you should note that:Your calls tosend_templated_mailshould set a value fortemplate_dir, so you can keep copies of your app-specific templates local to your app (although the loader will find your email templates if you store them in<your app>/templates/templated_email, ifTEMPLATED_EMAIL_TEMPLATE_DIRhas not been overidden)If you do (and you should) set a value fortemplate_dir, remember to include a trailing slash, i.e.‘my_app_email/’The deployed app may use a different backend which doesn’t use the django templating backend, and as such make a note in your README warning developers that if they are using django_templated_email already, with a different backend, they will need to ensure their email provider can send all your templates (ideally enumerate those somewhere convenient)Notes on specific backendsUsing vanilla_djangoThis is the default backend, and as such requires no special configuration, and will work out of the box. By default it assumes the following settings (should you wish to override them):TEMPLATED_EMAIL_TEMPLATE_DIR = 'templated_email/' #Use '' for top level template dir
TEMPLATED_EMAIL_FILE_EXTENSION = 'email'For legacy purposes you can specify email subjects in your settings file (but, the preferred method is to use a{% block subject %}in your template):TEMPLATED_EMAIL_DJANGO_SUBJECTS = {
    'welcome':'Welcome to my website',
}Additionally you can callsend_templated_mailand optionally override the following parameters:template_prefix='your_template_dir/'  # Override where the method looks for email templates (alternatively, use template_dir)
template_suffix='email'               # Override the file extension of the email templates (alternatively, use file_extension)
cc=['fubar@example.com']              # Set a CC on the mail
bcc=['fubar@example.com']             # Set a BCC on the mail
template_dir='your_template_dir/'     # Override where the method looks for email templates
connection=your_connection            # Takes a django mail backend connection, created using **django.core.mail.get_connection**
auth_user='username'                  # Override the user that the django mail backend uses, per **django.core.mail.send_mail**
auth_password='password'              # Override the password that the django mail backend uses, per **django.core.mail.send_mail**Using PostageAppTo use the PostageApp (http://postageapp.com) send method, you will need to install python-postageapp:pip install -e git://github.com/bradwhittington/python-postageapp.git#egg=postageappAnd add the following to your settings.py:TEMPLATED_EMAIL_BACKEND = 'templated_email.backends.postageapp_backend.TemplateBackend'

POSTAGEAPP_API_KEY = 'yourapikey'

#If you are already using django-postageapp:

EMAIL_POSTAGEAPP_API_KEY = POSTAGEAPP_API_KEYUsing MAILCHIMP STSTo use the MailChimp STS send method, you will need to install mailsnake (please note, until the main mailsnake has STS support, you need to use my fork):pip install -e git://github.com/nitinhayaran/greatape.git#egg=greatapeAnd add the following to your settings.py:TEMPLATED_EMAIL_BACKEND = 'templated_email.backends.mailchimp_sts.TemplateBackend'

MAILCHIMP_API_KEY = 'yourapikey'

# For the django back-end specifically
TEMPLATED_EMAIL_MAILCHIMP = {
    'welcome':{
      'subject':'Welcome to my website',
      'track_opens':True,
      'track_clicks':False,
      'tags':['my','little','pony'],
    }
}The Mailchimp STS sender uses the same template processor as the VanillaDjango backend, so you can override the following settings globally:TEMPLATED_EMAIL_TEMPLATE_DIR = 'templated_email/' #use '' for top level template dir
TEMPLATED_EMAIL_FILE_EXTENSION = 'email'You can also override thetemplate_dirvariable when callingsend_templated_mail