"recipient" from form in send mail - django

Question

I have a very basic email app. The forms class is:
class ContactForm(forms.Form):
name = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
subject = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
sender = forms.EmailField()
recipient_list = forms.EmailField()
message = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea)
cc_myself = forms.BooleanField(initial=True)
The view function looks like this:
def contact_name(request, id):
if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
form = ContactForm(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST data
if form.is_valid():
name = form.cleaned_data['name']
subject = form.cleaned_data['subject']
message = form.cleaned_data['message']
sender = form.cleaned_data['sender']
cc_myself = form.cleaned_data['cc_myself']
recipients = ['dennis#themenace.com']
if cc_myself:
recipients.append(sender)
from django.core.mail import send_mail
send_mail(subject, message, sender, recipients)
return HttpResponseRedirect('/') # Redirect after POST
else:
a=Entry.objects.get(pk=id)
form = ContactForm(instance=a) # An unbound form
return render_to_response('email.html', {
'form': form,
})
As long as I specify the recipient in the view, I have no problem. However, I want the message to be sent to the address(es) specified in the form field "recipient list".
When I structure the view code like this:
recipients = form.cleaned_data['recipient_list']
if cc_myself:
recipients.append(sender)
from django.core.mail import send_mail
send_mail(subject, message, sender, recipients)
return HttpResponseRedirect('/') # Redirect after POST
or:
recipients = request.POST.get('recipient_list', '')
if cc_myself:
recipients.append(sender)
I get error "'unicode' object has no attribute 'append'". In short, it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Since recipient_list is an EmailField it cleans to unicode. But you're trying to treat the result as a list. So obviously, construct a list out of it and everything's dandy:
recipients = [form.cleaned_data['recipient_list']]
if cc_myself:
recipients.append(sender)
... but really you should call the field recipient not recipient list as only 1 can be entered.