.. _anymail-send-features: .. module:: anymail.message Anymail additions ================= Anymail normalizes several common ESP features, like adding metadata or tags to a message. It also normalizes the response from the ESP's send API. There are three ways you can use Anymail's ESP features with your Django email: * Just use Anymail's added attributes directly on *any* Django :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` object (or any subclass). * Create your email message using the :class:`AnymailMessage` class, which exposes extra attributes for the ESP features. * Use the :class:`AnymailMessageMixin` to add the Anymail extras to some other EmailMessage-derived class (your own or from another Django package). The first approach is usually the simplest. The other two can be helpful if you are working with Python development tools that offer type checking or other static code analysis. ESP send options (AnymailMessage) --------------------------------- .. class:: AnymailMessage A subclass of Django's :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMultiAlternatives` that exposes additional ESP functionality. The constructor accepts any of the attributes below, or you can set them directly on the message at any time before sending: .. code-block:: python from anymail.message import AnymailMessage message = AnymailMessage( subject="Welcome", body="Welcome to our site", to=["New User "], tags=["Onboarding"], # Anymail extra in constructor ) # Anymail extra attributes: message.metadata = {"onboarding_experiment": "variation 1"} message.track_clicks = True message.send() status = message.anymail_status # available after sending status.message_id # e.g., '<12345.67890@example.com>' status.recipients["user1@example.com"].status # e.g., 'queued' .. rubric:: Attributes you can add to messages .. note:: Anymail looks for these attributes on **any** :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` you send. (You don't have to use :class:`AnymailMessage`.) .. attribute:: metadata Set this to a `dict` of metadata values the ESP should store with the message, for later search and retrieval. .. code-block:: python message.metadata = {"customer": customer.id, "order": order.reference_number} ESPs have differing restrictions on metadata content. For portability, it's best to stick to alphanumeric keys, and values that are numbers or strings. You should format any non-string data into a string before setting it as metadata. See :ref:`formatting-merge-data`. .. attribute:: tags Set this to a `list` of `str` tags to apply to the message (usually for segmenting ESP reporting). .. code-block:: python message.tags = ["Order Confirmation", "Test Variant A"] ESPs have differing restrictions on tags. For portability, it's best to stick with strings that start with an alphanumeric character. (Also, Postmark only allows a single tag per message.) .. caution:: Some ESPs put :attr:`metadata` and :attr:`tags` in email headers, which are included with the email when it is delivered. Anything you put in them **could be exposed to the recipients,** so don't include sensitive data. .. attribute:: track_opens Set this to `True` or `False` to override your ESP account default setting for tracking when users open a message. .. code-block:: python message.track_opens = True .. attribute:: track_clicks Set this to `True` or `False` to override your ESP account default setting for tracking when users click on a link in a message. .. code-block:: python message.track_clicks = False .. attribute:: send_at Set this to a `~datetime.datetime`, `~datetime.date` to have the ESP wait until the specified time to send the message. (You can also use a `float` or `int`, which will be treated as a POSIX timestamp as in :func:`time.time`.) .. code-block:: python from datetime import datetime, timedelta from django.utils.timezone import utc message.send_at = datetime.now(utc) + timedelta(hours=1) To avoid confusion, it's best to provide either an *aware* `~datetime.datetime` (one that has its tzinfo set), or an `int` or `float` seconds-since-the-epoch timestamp. If you set :attr:`!send_at` to a `~datetime.date` or a *naive* `~datetime.datetime` (without a timezone), Anymail will interpret it in Django's :ref:`current timezone `. (Careful: :meth:`datetime.now() ` returns a *naive* datetime, unless you call it with a timezone like in the example above.) The sent message will be held for delivery by your ESP -- not locally by Anymail. .. attribute:: esp_extra Set this to a `dict` of additional, ESP-specific settings for the message. Using this attribute is inherently non-portable between ESPs, and is intended as an "escape hatch" for accessing functionality that Anymail doesn't (or doesn't yet) support. See the notes for each :ref:`specific ESP ` for information on its :attr:`!esp_extra` handling. .. rubric:: Status response from the ESP .. attribute:: anymail_status Normalized response from the ESP API's send call. Anymail adds this to each :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` as it is sent. The value is an :class:`AnymailStatus`. See :ref:`esp-send-status` for details. .. rubric:: Convenience methods (These methods are only available on :class:`AnymailMessage` or :class:`AnymailMessageMixin` objects. Unlike the attributes above, they can't be used on an arbitrary :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage`.) .. method:: attach_inline_image_file(path, subtype=None, idstring="img", domain=None) Attach an inline (embedded) image to the message and return its :mailheader:`Content-ID`. This calls :func:`attach_inline_image_file` on the message. See :ref:`inline-images` for details and an example. .. method:: attach_inline_image(content, filename=None, subtype=None, idstring="img", domain=None) Attach an inline (embedded) image to the message and return its :mailheader:`Content-ID`. This calls :func:`attach_inline_image` on the message. See :ref:`inline-images` for details and an example. .. _esp-send-status: ESP send status --------------- .. class:: AnymailStatus When you send a message through an Anymail backend, Anymail adds an :attr:`~AnymailMessage.anymail_status` attribute to the :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage`, with a normalized version of the ESP's response. :attr:`~AnymailMessage.anymail_status` will be an object with these attributes: .. attribute:: message_id The message id assigned by the ESP, or `None` if the send call failed. The exact format varies by ESP. Some use a UUID or similar; some use an :rfc:`2822` :mailheader:`Message-ID` as the id: .. code-block:: python message.anymail_status.message_id # '<20160306015544.116301.25145@example.org>' Some ESPs assign a unique message ID for *each recipient* (to, cc, bcc) of a single message. In that case, :attr:`!message_id` will be a `set` of all the message IDs across all recipients: .. code-block:: python message.anymail_status.message_id # set(['16fd2706-8baf-433b-82eb-8c7fada847da', # '886313e1-3b8a-5372-9b90-0c9aee199e5d']) .. attribute:: status A `set` of send statuses, across all recipients (to, cc, bcc) of the message, or `None` if the send call failed. .. code-block:: python message1.anymail_status.status # set(['queued']) # all recipients were queued message2.anymail_status.status # set(['rejected', 'sent']) # at least one recipient was sent, # and at least one rejected # This is an easy way to check there weren't any problems: if message3.anymail_status.status.issubset({'queued', 'sent'}): print("ok!") Anymail normalizes ESP sent status to one of these values: * `'sent'` the ESP has sent the message (though it may or may not end up delivered) * `'queued'` the ESP has accepted the message and will try to send it asynchronously * `'invalid'` the ESP considers the sender or recipient email invalid * `'rejected'` the recipient is on an ESP blacklist (unsubscribe, previous bounces, etc.) * `'failed'` the attempt to send failed for some other reason * `'unknown'` anything else Not all ESPs check recipient emails during the send API call -- some simply queue the message, and report problems later. In that case, you can use Anymail's :ref:`event-tracking` features to be notified of delivery status events. .. attribute:: recipients A `dict` of per-recipient message ID and status values. The dict is keyed by each recipient's base email address (ignoring any display name). Each value in the dict is an object with `status` and `message_id` properties: .. code-block:: python message = EmailMultiAlternatives( to=["you@example.com", "Me "], subject="Re: The apocalypse") message.send() message.anymail_status.recipient["you@example.com"].status # 'sent' message.anymail_status.recipient["me@example.com"].status # 'queued' message.anymail_status.recipient["me@example.com"].message_id # '886313e1-3b8a-5372-9b90-0c9aee199e5d' Will be an empty dict if the send call failed. .. attribute:: esp_response The raw response from the ESP API call. The exact type varies by backend. Accessing this is inherently non-portable. .. code-block:: python # This will work with a requests-based backend: message.anymail_status.esp_response.json() .. _inline-images: Inline images ------------- Anymail includes convenience functions to simplify attaching inline images to email. These functions work with *any* Django :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` -- they're not specific to Anymail email backends. You can use them with messages sent through Django's SMTP backend or any other that properly supports MIME attachments. (Both functions are also available as convenience methods on Anymail's :class:`~anymail.message.AnymailMessage` and :class:`~anymail.message.AnymailMessageMixin` classes.) .. function:: attach_inline_image_file(message, path, subtype=None, idstring="img", domain=None) Attach an inline (embedded) image to the message and return its :mailheader:`Content-ID`. In your HTML message body, prefix the returned id with `cid:` to make an `` src attribute: .. code-block:: python from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives from anymail.message import attach_inline_image_file message = EmailMultiAlternatives( ... ) cid = attach_inline_image_file(message, 'path/to/picture.jpg') html = '... Picture ...' % cid message.attach_alternative(html, 'text/html') message.send() `message` must be an :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` (or subclass) object. `path` must be the pathname to an image file. (Its basename will also be used as the attachment's filename, which may be visible in some email clients.) `subtype` is an optional MIME :mimetype:`image` subtype, e.g., `"png"` or `"jpg"`. By default, this is determined automatically from the content. `idstring` and `domain` are optional, and are passed to Python's :func:`~email.utils.make_msgid` to generate the :mailheader:`Content-ID`. Generally the defaults should be fine. (But be aware the default `domain` can leak your server's local hostname in the resulting email.) .. function:: attach_inline_image(message, content, filename=None, subtype=None, idstring="img", domain=None) This is a version of :func:`attach_inline_image_file` that accepts raw image data, rather than reading it from a file. `message` must be an :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` (or subclass) object. `content` must be the binary image data `filename` is an optional `str` that will be used as as the attachment's filename -- e.g., `"picture.jpg"`. This may be visible in email clients that choose to display the image as an attachment as well as making it available for inline use (this is up to the email client). It should be a base filename, without any path info. `subtype`, `idstring` and `domain` are as described in :func:`attach_inline_image_file` .. _send-defaults: Global send defaults -------------------- .. setting:: ANYMAIL_SEND_DEFAULTS In your :file:`settings.py`, you can set :setting:`!ANYMAIL_SEND_DEFAULTS` to a `dict` of default options that will apply to all messages sent through Anymail: .. code-block:: python ANYMAIL = { ... "SEND_DEFAULTS": { "metadata": {"district": "North", "source": "unknown"}, "tags": ["myapp", "version3"], "track_clicks": True, "track_opens": True, }, } At send time, the attributes on each :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` get merged with the global send defaults. For example, with the settings above: .. code-block:: python message = AnymailMessage(...) message.tags = ["welcome"] message.metadata = {"source": "Ads", "user_id": 12345} message.track_clicks = False message.send() # will send with: # tags: ["myapp", "version3", "welcome"] (merged with defaults) # metadata: {"district": "North", "source": "Ads", "user_id": 12345} (merged) # track_clicks: False (message overrides defaults) # track_opens: True (from the defaults) To prevent a message from using a particular global default, set that attribute to `None`. (E.g., ``message.tags = None`` will send the message with no tags, ignoring the global default.) Anymail's send defaults actually work for all :class:`!django.core.mail.EmailMessage` attributes. So you could set ``"bcc": ["always-copy@example.com"]`` to add a bcc to every message. (You could even attach a file to every message -- though your recipients would probably find that annoying!) You can also set ESP-specific global defaults. If there are conflicts, the ESP-specific value will override the main `SEND_DEFAULTS`: .. code-block:: python ANYMAIL = { ... "SEND_DEFAULTS": { "tags": ["myapp", "version3"], }, "POSTMARK_SEND_DEFAULTS": { # Postmark only supports a single tag "tags": ["version3"], # overrides SEND_DEFAULTS['tags'] (not merged!) }, "MAILGUN_SEND_DEFAULTS": { "esp_extra": {"o:dkim": "no"}, # Disable Mailgun DKIM signatures }, } AnymailMessageMixin ------------------- .. class:: AnymailMessageMixin Mixin class that adds Anymail's ESP extra attributes and convenience methods to other :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` subclasses. For example, with the `django-mail-templated`_ package's custom EmailMessage: .. code-block:: python from anymail.message import AnymailMessageMixin from mail_templated import EmailMessage class TemplatedAnymailMessage(AnymailMessageMixin, EmailMessage): """ An EmailMessage that supports both Mail-Templated and Anymail features """ pass msg = TemplatedAnymailMessage( template_name="order_confirmation.tpl", # Mail-Templated arg track_opens=True, # Anymail arg ... ) msg.context = {"order_num": "12345"} # Mail-Templated attribute msg.tags = ["templated"] # Anymail attribute .. _django-mail-templated: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-mail-templated