Styjun

When user registers is_active is False by default. I want the user get email notification when the admin activates the user. But send_mail is not sending email.

I have created a function in my views.py:

def send_mail(request):
 if user.is_active == True:
 send_mail(request, subject='subject',
 message='message',
 from_email='hekevintran_test@webfaction.com',
 recipient_list=['recipient@yahoo.com'],
 fail_silently=False)

Also I have written down these things in my settings.py:

EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'ualmaz'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'password'
EMAIL_PORT = 25
EMAIL_USE_TLS = False

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_FILE_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'apps', 'emails')

Here is my views.py:

from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.contrib import messages
from django.core.mail import send_mail
from django.urls import reverse_lazy
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin
from django.views.generic import CreateView, DetailView, ListView, UpdateView, DeleteView
from .forms import UserCreationModelForm, UserUpdateForm, ProfileUpdateForm
from .models import User, Post, Profile

class UserRegistrationView(CreateView):
 form_class = UserCreationModelForm
 user = User
 success_url = reverse_lazy('login')
 template_name = 'users/registration.html'

def send_mail(request):
 user = User
 if user.is_active == True:
 send_mail(request, subject='subject',
 message='message',
 from_email='hekevintran_test@webfaction.com',
 recipient_list=['recipient@yahoo.com'],
 fail_silently=False)

Here is my User model in models.py:

class User(AbstractUser):
 first_name = models.CharField(verbose_name="First name", max_length=255)
 last_name = models.CharField(verbose_name="Last name", max_length=255)
 country = models.CharField(verbose_name="Country name", max_length=255)
 city = models.CharField(verbose_name="City name", max_length=255)
 email = models.EmailField(verbose_name="Email", max_length=255)
 access_challenge = models.BooleanField(default=False)
 is_active = models.BooleanField(default=False)

 def __str__(self):
 return self.username

Any ideas?

This is how solved it.

from django.dispatch import receiver
from django.db.models.signals import pre_save, post_save
from django.conf import settings
from django.core.mail import send_mail


#signal used for is_active=False to is_active=True
@receiver(pre_save, sender=User, dispatch_uid='active')
def active(sender, instance, **kwargs):
 try:
 if instance.is_active and User.objects.filter(pk=instance.pk, is_active=False).exists():
 subject = 'Your account is activated'
 mesagge = '%s your account is now active' %(instance.first_name)
 from_email = settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER
 send_mail(subject, mesagge, from_email, [instance.email], fail_silently=False)
 except:
 print("Something went wrong, please try again.")


#signal to send an email to the admin when a user creates a new account
@receiver(post_save, sender=User, dispatch_uid='register')
def register(sender, instance, **kwargs):
 try:
 if kwargs.get('created', False):
 subject = "Verificatión of the %s 's account" %(instance.username)
 mesagge = '%s, %s just registered in locator' %(instance.first_name, instance.last_name)
 from_email = settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER
 send_mail(subject, mesagge, from_email, [from_email], fail_silently=False)
 except:
 print("Something went wrong, please try again.")