baseapp-email-templates 0.1

A BaseApp app that allows the use of customizable e-mail templates.

BaseApp E-mail Templates - Django

This app provides the integration of custom e-mail template configuration with The SilverLogic's BaseApp.

Install the package

Add to requirements/base.txt:

git+https://bitbucket.org/silverlogic/baseapp-email-templates-django.git

Configure template settings

TEMPLATES  =  [
	{
		"BACKEND": "django_jinja.backend.Jinja2",
		"DIRS": [str(APPS_DIR  /  "templates")], # change this to wherever your base templates are stored
		"APP_DIRS": True,
		"OPTIONS": {
			"match_extension": ".j2",
			"constants": {"URL": URL, "FRONT_URL": FRONT_URL},
		},
	},
	{
		"BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
		"DIRS": [
			str(APPS_DIR  /  "templates"), # change this to wherever your base templates are stored
		],
		"APP_DIRS": True,
		"OPTIONS": {
			"context_processors": [
				"django.template.context_processors.debug",
				"django.template.context_processors.request",
				"django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
				"django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
			],
			"libraries": {
				"filter": "baseapp_email_templates.filters",
			},
		},
	},
]

Set default base template (optional)

If you want to use a default base template that your emails will automatically inherit from, add the path to that template to your settings. Note that this base template won't apply to e-mails that are created on SendGrid.

DEFAULT_EMAIL_TEMPLATE = [your_path]

Setup SendGrid credentials (optional)

If you want to use SendGrid to send mail, add these settings to your settings/base.py:

DJMAIL_REAL_BACKEND = "sendgrid_backend.SendgridBackend"

SENDGRID_API_KEY = env("SENDGRID_API_KEY")

SENDGRID_SANDBOX_MODE_IN_DEBUG = False

EmailTemplate model

This model is responsible for customizing your e-mail template and sending mail. At minimum, an instance of EmailTemplate must have a unique name and either a SendGrid template ID or some custom HTML content. The subject, plain_text_content, and attachments are optional.

Static attachments

Attachment instances that are linked to an EmailTemplate represent static files that will be attached to every message sent via that template, regardless of recipient or context. These attachments will be sent regardless of whether the e-mail is sent through a SendGrid template or a custom HTML template.

Sending mail via SendGrid template

If a sendgrid_template_id is provided on an instance of EmailTemplate, a SendGrid template can be used to send mail. In order to send mail via SendGrid template, at least one Personalization must first be created. Each Personalizationwill contain the email of a recipient and any context that must be provided to the template. A Personalization can be created like so:

from baseapp_email_templates.sendgrid import get_personalization

personalization = get_personalization("[e-mail]", {"message": "Hello there."})

Sending mail to one recipient

The send_via_sendgrid method of EmailTemplate can be used to send a single email to one recipient. The method takes one Personalization as an argument, as well as an optional list of attachments that can be sent along with this particular message.

from baseapp_email_templates.models import EmailTemplate
from baseapp_email_templates.sendgrid import get_personalization

template = EmailTemplate.objects.get("Test Template")

personalization = get_personalization("[e-mail]", {"message": "Hello there."})

template.send_via_sendgrid(personalization)

Sending mail to multiple recipients

The mass_send_via_sendgrid method of EmailTemplate can be used to send multiple instances of a template to multiple recipients. The method takes a list of Personalization objects as an argument, and each Personalization will send a separate message to each recipient with its own context.

from baseapp_email_templates.models import EmailTemplate
from baseapp_email_templates.sendgrid import get_personalization


template = EmailTemplate.objects.get("Test Template")

personalization_1 = get_personalization("[e-mail]", {"message": "Hello there."})
personalization_2 = get_personalization("[e-mail]", {"message": "Good morning."})
personalization_list = [personalization_1, personalization_2]

template.mass_send_via_sendgrid(personalization_list)

Sending Mail via custom HTML

If you aren't using SendGrid and instead wish to provide your custom HTML content directly to the EmailTemplate instance, this can be done through the html_content field. Once html_content has been provided, the send method of the EmailTemplate can be used to send mail.

Adding HTML content via Django Admin

When adding HTML content to a template through the Django Admin, the "source" option must be selected in the text field.

After saving, the content of the text field will no longer contain the raw HTML that was added. This is a small caveat of the Django Admin. The "raw HTML" field that is displayed underneath the input will display the actual raw HTML content that is currently added to the instance.

Sending

Once you've added html_content to your template, either programatically or through the Django Admin, a message can now be sent through the send method of EmailTemplate.

The only required parameter for send is recipients, which is a list of one or more strings containing the e-mail addresses of the recipients. A context dict can be passed in optionally if the HTML content is expected one or more key/value pairs to be provided.

The use_base_template flag will determine whether this message should extend from a base HTML template. If set to True, the message will extend from the base template that is located at a certain path. This path will either be the value of extended_with if provided, or the value of DEFAULT_EMAIL_TEMPLATE.

Finally, the attachments parameter is a list of one or more files that will be send along with this particular message. These attachments will be sent along with any static attachments that have been attached to the template itself through Attachment.

from baseapp_email_templates.models import EmailTemplate


template = EmailTemplate.objects.get("Test Template")

recipients = ["[e-mail]"]
context = {"content": "Hello."}
extended_with = "apps/base/templates/test-template.html"

template.send(recipients, context, True, extended_with)