*Episode 30* PYTHON (Sending Email with SendGrid of Django)

 

Sending emails with SendGrid

This episode covers :-

 1) How to send emails with SendGrid.

•  Creating an account :-

     Visit https://samuli.to/SendGrid and create an account:

    Copy the base project:

Terminal

cp -fr 15-Base-Project 32-Sending-Emails

cd 32-Sending-Emails

source ../venv/bin/activate

     Edit settings.py file and add the following configuration using the username and password you provided in the sign-in process:

mysite/settings.py

EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.sendgrid.net'

EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'sendgrid_username'

EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'sendgrid_password'

EMAIL_PORT = 587

EMAIL_USE_TLS = True

     Test the mail in the interactive interpreter:

Interactive interpreter

python manage.py shell

>>> from django.core.mail import send_mail

>>> send_mail('Subject here', 'Here is the message.', 'admi\

n-mail@gmail.com', ['some-other-mail@gmail.com'], fail_sile\

ntly=False)

     You should now receive the email in your inbox:

 Summary :-

• Sending emails with SendGrid is just matter of creating an account with the service and adding the right configuration to the settings.py file.

Thank you

👈Episode 29(P)

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