adding an email notification in Django

Question

I am trying a timesheet project. I am using Django rest-framework and using Postgres as my database. My client requested me this (If a user already existed in the database or a new user is creating their account an email should be triggered when the post option was submitted in rest API).

models.py

from django.http import  HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, response
from django.db import models
from django.db.models.deletion import CASCADE
from django.utils import timezone
from django.dispatch import  receiver
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
from django.conf import settings
from django.core.mail import send_mail
from django.db.models import signals
import datetime

from django.core.mail import EmailMessage 




    

class User(models.Model):
    
    CHOICES= (
    ('manager','Manager'),
      ('hr', 'HR'),
     ('hr manager','HR Manager'),
     ('trainee','Trainee')
)

    firstname = models.CharField(max_length=210)
    lastname = models.CharField(max_length=210)
    dob=models.DateField(max_length=8) 
    email=models.EmailField(max_length=254,default=None) 
    password=models.CharField(max_length=100,default=None)
    joiningDate=models.DateTimeField(max_length=8)
    userrole=models.CharField(max_length=20,choices=CHOICES,null=True)
    

def __str__(self):
    return self.firstname 


class Project(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
    description=models.TextField()
    type=models.TextField()
    startDate = models.DateTimeField(max_length=10)
    endDate=models.DateTimeField(max_length=10)
    user=models.ManyToManyField(User)
    
    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

    
class Timesheet(models.Model):
    project=models.ManyToManyField(Project)
    Submitted_by=models.ForeignKey(default=None,related_name="SubmittedBy",to='User',on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    status=models.CharField(max_length=200)
    ApprovedBy=models.ForeignKey(default=None,related_name="ApprovedBy",to='User',on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    Date=models.DateField()
    Hours=models.TimeField(null=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.id
    
    
class Client(models.Model):
    clientname=models.CharField(max_length=20)
    comapny=models.CharField(max_length=200)
    location=models.CharField(max_length=200)
    email=models.EmailField(max_length=25,default=None)
    
    
    def __str__(self):
        return self.clientname

serializers.py

from django.db.models import fields
from rest_framework import serializers
from.models import User,Project,Timesheet,Client    



class UserSerializers(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    
    class Meta:
        model= User
        fields ='__all__'
       
        password = serializers.CharField(max_length=128, write_only=True, required=True)
        
        
class ProjectSerializers(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    
    class Meta:
        model= Project
        fields= '__all__'
        
        

class TimesheetSerializers(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    
    class Meta:
        model= Timesheet
        fields= '__all__'
        
        
class ClientSerializers(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    
    class Meta:
        model=Client
        fields=  '__all__'

viewset.py

from rest_framework import viewsets
from rest_framework import permissions
from.import models
from.import serializers


class UserViewset(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    permission_classes=(permissions.IsAuthenticated,)
    queryset=models.User.objects.all()
    serializer_class=serializers.UserSerializers
    

class ProjectViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    permission_classes=(permissions.IsAuthenticated,)
    queryset=models.Project.objects.all()
    serializer_class=serializers.ProjectSerializers
    
class TimesheetViewset(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    permission_classes=(permissions.IsAuthenticated,)
    queryset=models.Timesheet.objects.all()
    serializer_class=serializers.TimesheetSerializers
    
class ClientViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    permission_classes=(permissions.IsAuthenticated,)
    queryset=models.Client.objects.all()
    serializer_class=serializers.ClientSerializers

router.py

from App.viewsets import ClientViewSet, UserViewset,ProjectViewSet,TimesheetViewset
from rest_framework import routers

router = routers.DefaultRouter()
router.register('User',UserViewset)
router.register('Project',ProjectViewSet)
router.register('Timesheet',TimesheetViewset)
router.register('Client',ClientViewSet)

I am new to Django.

Anny · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-25 08:53:04Z

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It's really an important question. I just did work like this a few days ago. I am adding according to my work.

in your serializers.py you can do this.

from django.core.mail import send_mail

class TimesheetSerializers(serializers.ModelSerializer):

class Meta:
    model= Timesheet
    fields= '__all__'
def create(self, validated_data):
    timesheet = Timesheet.objects.create(**validated_data)
    send_mail(
        'Timesheet {} has been created'.format(timesheet.pk),
        'A new timesheet has been created . DATA: {}'.format(
        validated_data), #mail_body
        '[email protected]', #from_email
        ['[email protected]'], #to_email
        fail_silently=False,
    )

and you need to set email sending method in settings.py

#settings.py
#for sending testing emails you can use mailtrap.io as well that is almost same as smtp server
#for smtp
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'user'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '****'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True

#for sending emails to terminal
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'

You can use celery for sending emails asynchronously.

but at first, you should do this to check. Here is the official documentation for sending email. it's really great.

and as I mentioned above about mailtrap so here is the link mailtrap

And you can follow this tutorial for setup email here is the link

Still, if you have any kind of confusion let me know. Thanks a lot.

answered Jan 25, 2022 at 8:53

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Polymath Over a year ago

Solution is correct, I did used something like this in my recent project

Anny Over a year ago

thanks and I will follow your suggestion as well. thanks

Zoro D Over a year ago

@Polymath is there any way to attach an excel doc and send it.

Anny Over a year ago

@ZoroD yes you can

Zoro D Over a year ago

Can you help me with that...@Anny

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Polymath · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-25 10:39:35Z

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The solutions is same as Anny as suggested here

The solutions was:

from django.core.mail import send_mail

class TimesheetSerializers(serializers.ModelSerializer):

class Meta:
    model= Timesheet
    fields= '__all__'
def create(self, validated_data):
    timesheet = Timesheet.objects.create(**validated_data)
    send_mail(
        'Timesheet {} has been created'.format(timesheet.pk),
        'A new timesheet has been created . DATA: {}'.format(
        validated_data), #mail_body
        '[email protected]', #from_email
        ['[email protected]'], #to_email
        fail_silently=False,
    )

The only issue with that solution is, it will increase the loading time. Alternately you can do is use threading and divert the email sending process to a different thread

You can do it by creating new file named utils.py:

import threading
from django.core import mail

class EmailThread(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self, subject, plain_message, from_email, to_email, html_message):
        self.subject = subject
        self.plain_message = plain_message
        self.from_email = from_email
        self.to_email = to_email
        self.html_message = html_message
        super(EmailThread, self).__init__()

    def run(self):
        mail_send = mail.send_mail(self.subject, self.plain_message, self.from_email, [self.to_email], html_message=self.html_message)
        print('mail send successfully ', mail_send)

and in your serializer.py:

from .utlis.py import *

class UserSerializers(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    
    def create(self, validate_data):
        subject = <subject_here>
        plan_message = <plain_message_in_string>
        from_email = <from_mail>
        to_email = <email_you_want_to_send_to>
        html_message = <if you want to include any html template for mail>
        EmailThread(subject, plain_message, from_email, to_email, html_message).start()
        return User.objects.create(**validated_data)
    
    
    class Meta:
        model= User
        fields ='__all__'
       
        password = serializers.CharField(max_length=128, write_only=True, required=True)

and in your settings.py add the following:

# EMAIL CONFIGURATION
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_HOST_USER = '<email_user_here>'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '<password_here>'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER

edited Jan 25, 2022 at 10:39

answered Jan 25, 2022 at 9:19

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Zoro D Over a year ago

Hii @Polymath thanks for your suggestion. Actually, I'm having a doubt, actually the user may be anyone they'll be having different email ids. to_email = <email_you_want_to_send_to> in this line we can't know give particular user. mail right! . So how the random person will be getting the mail and My Hr must have a notification the user has logged in and my last doubt is what are the things I need to change in settings.py

Polymath Over a year ago

Hi Zoro, I have edited the post to solve your settings.py issue, can you repeat your doubt so that I can understand better before giving any solutions

Zoro D Over a year ago

Hii @Polymath The code worked fine thanks but I'm having an issue to_email = <email_you_want_to_send_to> in this we need to give an email, right? and I tried giving a sample email and it worked perfectly...But the user maybe unknown and will have different emails So here how do I send mail without knowing the user email id .

Zoro D Over a year ago

Thanks bro @Polymath Code worked perfectly and DB was connected successfully

Anny Over a year ago

Thanks a lot. I used celery later to send email. and I will definitely add your suggestion in my code. thanks a lot

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