Flask-Mail not sending email - flask

Question

I want to receive an email when users fill out a contact form and submit it but instead of sending the email it just displays the email as part of the URL. I have tried several methods but it's not working at all and even in the code, it does not show any errors.
This is my code for the function
from app import app, mail
from flask import render_template, request
from flask_mail import Message
def send_mail(contactform):
msg = Message('Porfolio Contact Applicant',
recipients=['rynato#kellychibale-researchgroup-uct.com'],
sender='Portfolio-Maxwell#portfoliomaxwell.co.ke')
msg.body = '''
Hello there,
You have just received contact details form from your portfolio
Name: {}
Email: {}
Message: {}
'''.format(contactform['name'], contactform['email'], contactform['message'] )
mail.send(msg)
#app.route('/')
def index():
if request.method == 'POST':
contactform = request.form
contactform = {}
contactform['name'] = request.form['name']
contactform['email ']= request.form['email'].repalces(' ','').lower()
contactform['message ']= request.form['message']
send_mail(contactform)
return render_template('index.html', **locals())
else:
return render_template('index.html', **locals())
#app.route('/privacy')
def privacy():
return render_template('privacy.html')
so does anyone have a clue as what do or go about it?

Answer 1

The answer(s) might depend on the type of email you want to sent, and how you have to connect to your preferred service provider.
Here's one example.
In Forms.py
class SendEmailForm(FlaskForm):
confirmed = BooleanField('confirmed')
to = StringField("to", validators=[DataRequired("Please enter the email address you want to send to")])
subject = StringField("subject", [validators.DataRequired(), validators.Length(min=1, max=80)])
message_text = TextAreaField('message_text', [validators.DataRequired()] , render_kw={"rows": 10, "cols": 60} )
submit = SubmitField("submit")
In Models.py
import smtplib, ssl
from email.message import EmailMessage
def SendEmailMessage(to, subject, messagetext, messagehtml, cc):
context = ssl.create_default_context()
msg = EmailMessage()
sender = app.config['MAIL_ADMIN_NAME']
msg['From'] = sender
msg['To'] = to
msg['Subject'] = subject
msg.set_content(messagetext)
# Try to log in to server and send email
try:
server = smtplib.SMTP(app.config['MAIL_SERVER'],app.config['MAIL_PORT'])
server.ehlo() # Can be omitted
server.starttls(context=context) # Secure the connection
server.ehlo() # Can be omitted
server.login(app.config['MAIL_ADMIN_NAME'], app.config['MAIL_ADMIN_PSSWRD'])
server.send_message(msg)
except Exception as e:
# Print any error messages to stdout
print(e)
finally:
server.quit()
In Views:
#app.route('/send_email', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def send_email():
form = SendEmailForm()
sender = app.config['MAIL_ADMIN_NAME']
if form.validate_on_submit():
flash('email requested to {}, confirmed={}'.format(
form.to.data, form.confirmed.data))
to = form.to.data
subject = form.subject.data
message_text = form.message_text.data
confirmed = form.confirmed.data
if confirmed == True:
cc = ""
SendEmailMessage(to, subject, message_text, message_text, cc)
flash('Please check your email inbox.')
else:
print("Not validated")
return render_template("send_email.html",
title='Send an email',
sender=sender,
form=form,
footer_text=footer_text)
In send_email.html
<p>
Hello "{{ sender }}".
</p>
<div>
<form action="" method="post">
{{ form.hidden_tag() }}
<p>
Please tick the checkbox if you would to send your email.
</p>
<p>Confirmed :
<input type="checkbox" name="confirmed"/>
</p>
<p>
Send to: <br>
{{ form.to }}<br>
{% for error in form.to.errors %}
<span style="color: red;">[{{ error }}]</span>
{% endfor %}
</p>
<p>Subject of email: <br>
<input type="textbox" name="subject"/><br>
{% for error in form.subject.errors %}
<span style="color: red;">[{{ error }}]</span>
{% endfor %}
</p>
<p>Email message<br>
<textarea cols="70" id="message_text" name="message_text" required rows="10" size="2400"></textarea><br>
{% for error in form.message_text.errors %}
<span style="color: red;">[{{ error }}]</span>
{% endfor %}
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Continue">
</p>
</form>
</div>