#153 - environment variable to enable/disable email sending

.env.template

@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ EMAIL_HOST_USER=
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=
 EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
 EMAIL_SEND_FROM=
+ENABLE_EMAIL_SENDING=
 SENTRY_DSN=
 SENTRY_ENV=

appmes/settings.py

@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = env('EMAIL_USE_TLS')
 EMAIL_SEND_FROM = env('EMAIL_SEND_FROM')
 
+ENABLE_EMAIL_SENDING = env('ENABLE_EMAIL_SENDING')
+
 # ======= Sentry Configuration ========
 sentry_sdk.init(
     dsn=env('SENTRY_DSN'),

helpers/mailing.py

@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
 
 
 def send_template_email(title, destination, template_name, template_params):
-    msg_plain = render_to_string('email/%s.txt' % template_name, template_params)
-    msg_html = render_to_string('email/%s.html' % template_name, template_params)
-    send_mail(
-        title,
-        msg_plain,
-        settings.EMAIL_SEND_FROM,
-        [destination],
-        html_message=msg_html,
-        fail_silently=False
-    )
+
+    if settings.ENABLE_EMAIL_SENDING:
+        msg_plain = render_to_string('email/%s.txt' % template_name, template_params)
+        msg_html = render_to_string('email/%s.html' % template_name, template_params)
+        send_mail(
+            title,
+            msg_plain,
+            settings.EMAIL_SEND_FROM,
+            [destination],
+            html_message=msg_html,
+            fail_silently=False
+        )
+    else:
+        print("Email sending is disabled")

market/management/commands/send_test_email.py

@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
             )
 
         except Exception as e:
+            print("error")
             print(e)