Flask-Mail is an extension for Flask that makes it easy to send emails from your Flask application. It simplifies the process of integrating email functionality, allowing you to focus on building great features for your application.
You can install Flask-Mail using pip:
pip install Flask-MailTo use Flask-Mail in your Flask application, you need to import and configure it. Here's a simple example:
from flask import Flask
from flask_mail import Mail, Message
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['MAIL_SERVER'] = 'your_mail_server'
app.config['MAIL_PORT'] = 587
app.config['MAIL_USE_TLS'] = True
app.config['MAIL_USE_SSL'] = False
app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'] = 'your_username'
app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD'] = 'your_password'
app.config['MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER'] = '[email protected]'
mail = Mail(app)
@app.route('/')
def send_email():
msg = Message(
'Hello',
recipients=['[email protected]'],
body='This is a test email sent from Flask-Mail!'
)
mail.send(msg)
return 'Email sent succesfully!'Make sure to replace placeholder values in the configuration with your actual email server details.
For more detailed information and advanced usage, please refer to the official Flask-Mail documentation.
If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.