.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2022 Miguel Gonzalez migonzalvar@gmail.com .. .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
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This utility is based on dj-database-url by Kenneth Reitz.
It allows to utilize the 12factor_ inspired environments variable to configure the email backend in a Django application.
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.. _12factor: http://www.12factor.net/backing-services
Import the package in settings.py:
.. code:: python
import dj_email_url
Fetch your email configuration values. The default option is fetch them from
EMAIL_URL environment variable:
.. code:: python
email_config = dj_email_url.config()
Other option is parse an arbitrary email URL:
.. code:: python
email_config = dj_email_url.parse('smtp://...')
Finally, it is necessary to assign values to settings:
.. code:: python
EMAIL_FILE_PATH = email_config['EMAIL_FILE_PATH']
EMAIL_HOST_USER = email_config['EMAIL_HOST_USER']
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = email_config['EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD']
EMAIL_HOST = email_config['EMAIL_HOST']
EMAIL_PORT = email_config['EMAIL_PORT']
EMAIL_BACKEND = email_config['EMAIL_BACKEND']
EMAIL_USE_TLS = email_config['EMAIL_USE_TLS']
EMAIL_USE_SSL = email_config['EMAIL_USE_SSL']
EMAIL_TIMEOUT = email_config['EMAIL_TIMEOUT']
Alternatively, it is possible to use this less explicit shortcut:
.. code:: python
vars().update(email_config)
Currently, dj-email-url supports:
+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Backend | EMAIL_URL | Description |
+===========+==================================================+===========================================================+
| Console | console: | Writes to stdout (development) |
+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| SMTP | smtp: | Sends using a mail transfer agent at localhost on port 25 |
+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| SMTP | submission://USER:PASSWORD@smtp.sendgrid.com | Sends using SendGrid_ SMTP on port 587 (STARTTLS) |
+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| File | file: | Writes to a file |
+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| In-memory | memory: | |
+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Dummy | dummy: | |
+-----------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
.. _SendGrid: https://sendgrid.com/docs/Integrate/Frameworks/django.html
.. warning:: Using special characters on passwords
To use characters that have a special meaning in an URL (think of ``&``)
you should use `percent encoding <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding>`_.
For example, ``m&m`` would become ``m%26m``.
Because the percent character itself (``%``) serves as the indicator for
percent-encoded octets, it must be percent-encoded as ``%25``.
.. code:: pycon
>>> from urllib.parse import quote_plus
>>> import dj_email_url
>>> quote_plus("!@#$%^&*")
'%21%40%23%24%25%5E%26%2A'
>>> dj_email_url.parse("smtp://user:%21%40%23%24%25%5E%26%2A@localhost")["EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD"]
'!@#$%^&*'
dj-email-url also supports to optionally specify origin email addresses.
+--------------------+-------------------------+
| Setting | Query parameter |
+====================+=========================+
| SERVER_EMAIL | _server_email |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
| DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL | _default_from_email |
+--------------------+-------------------------+
For example: smtp://USER:PASSWORD@smtp.example.com/?_server_email=error@example.com
Do not forget to assign values to settings:
.. code:: python
SERVER_EMAIL = email_config.get('SERVER_EMAIL', 'root@localhost')
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = email_config.get('DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL', 'webmaster@localhost')
There are other settings available to set from query param.
+--------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
| Setting | Query parameter | Comments |
+====================+=========================+=======================+
| EMAIL_TIMEOUT | timeout | New in v1.0.5. |
+--------------------+-------------------------+-----------------------+
The SMTP backend__ is selected when the scheme in the URL if one these:
__ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/email/#smtp-backend
============================ ============ =========================
Value Default port Comment
============================ ============ =========================
smtp 25 Local mail transfer agent
submission or submit 587 SMTP with STARTTLS
============================ ============ =========================
Changed in version 0.1: The use of smtps is now discouraged__
The value smtps was used to indicate to use TLS connections,
that is to set EMAIL_USE_TLS to True.
Now is recommended to use submission or submit
(see service name for port numbers_ or Uniform Resource Identifier Schemes_ at IANA).
__ SMTPS_
.. _SMTPS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTPS
.. _service name for port numbers: https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=587
.. _Uniform Resource Identifier Schemes: https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/uri-schemes.xhtml
On the most popular mail configuration option is to use a third party SMTP server to relay emails.
.. code:: pycon
>>> url = 'submission://user@example.com:pass@smtp.example.com'
>>> url = dj_email_url.parse(url)
>>> assert url['EMAIL_PORT'] == 587
>>> assert url['EMAIL_USE_SSL'] is False
>>> assert url['EMAIL_USE_TLS'] is True
Other common option is to use a local mail transfer agent Postfix or Exim. In this case it as easy as:
.. code:: pycon
>>> url = 'smtp://'
>>> url = dj_email_url.parse(url)
>>> assert url['EMAIL_HOST'] == 'localhost'
>>> assert url['EMAIL_PORT'] == 25
>>> assert url['EMAIL_USE_SSL'] is False
>>> assert url['EMAIL_USE_TLS'] is False
It is also possible to configure SMTP-over-SSL (usually on 465).
This configuration is not generally recommended but might be needed for legacy systems.
To apply use this configuration specify SSL using a ssl=True as a query parameter
and indicate the port explicitly:
.. code:: pycon
>>> url = 'smtp://user@domain.com:pass@smtp.example.com:465/?ssl=True'
>>> url = dj_email_url.parse(url)
>>> assert url['EMAIL_PORT'] == 465
>>> assert url['EMAIL_USE_SSL'] is True
>>> assert url['EMAIL_USE_TLS'] is False
The file backend is the only one which needs a path. The url path is store
in EMAIL_FILE_PATH key.
This work is licensed under several licences.
For more accurate information, check the individual files.
You can check the compliance with REUSE helper tool <https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool>_.
.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2022 Miguel Gonzalez migonzalvar@gmail.com .. .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
.. _1.0.6: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/1.0.6
Remove unnecessary code (thanks @matthiask).
Improve license metadata. No changes on license itself.
.. _1.0.5: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/1.0.5
.. _1.0.4: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/1.0.4
.. _1.0.3: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/1.0.3
Added support for Python 3.10.
Changed continuos integration infrastructure from Travis to GitHub Actions.
Switched to PyPA build frontend.
.. _1.0.2: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/1.0.2
.. _1.0.1: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/1.0.1
.. _1.0.0: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/1.0.0
Removed support for Python versions which reached end-of-life.
Fixed typo. Thanks to @jeffmacdonald.
.. _0.2.0: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.2.0
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL and SERVER_EMAIL in the URL as
query parameters... _0.1.0: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.1.0
Added new schemes submission and submit
to select SMTP backend on port 587 with STARTTLS.
Thanks to @LEW21 to suggest to include new submit URI.
Discouraged the use of scheme smtps and add a user warning.
Thanks to @LEW21 to alert about this confusing usage.
Expand which values are considered as truthy on a query string param. Now,
1, on, true, and yes, as a single character or in all case variants
(lower, upper and title case) are considered as True.
Add change log.
Add ssl= option as a query parameter for SMTP backend.
Add Travis continuous integration.
.. _0.0.1: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.1 .. _0.0.2: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.2 .. _0.0.3: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.3 .. _0.0.4: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.4 .. _0.0.5: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.5 .. _0.0.6: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.6 .. _0.0.7: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.7 .. _0.0.8: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.8 .. _0.0.9: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.9 .. _0.0.10: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dj-email-url/0.0.10
FAQs
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