setmao/mail_handler

Generate mails through template and send

Mail Handler

Generate emails through the template and send mails

Prerequisite

• Python 3
• click

Usage

This CLI tool is designed as two steps to avoid accidental sending.

Step 1: Generate mails through the template

python render_mail.py [OPTIONS] TEMPLATE_PATH RECEIVER_DATA

Options:
  --mails_path PATH  [default: mails_to_sent]

• TEMPLATE_PATH: The path to the jinja2 template.
• RECEIVER_DATA: The path to receivers' data.
  • The following json sample is the least required content. All other data can be added to fit the need of the template.
  • "common_data": Common data used in each mail
  • "unique_data": Unique content for each mail

{
    "common_data": {},
    "unique_data": [
        {"receiver_email": "somerec@somedomain"}
    ]
}

• --mails_path PATH: The output path of the mails. The mail will be named as the receivers email address.

Step 2: Send the generated mails

python send_mail.py [OPTIONS] CONFIG_PATH

Options:
  --output_path PATH  [default: mails_to_sent]

• CONFIG_PATH: The path to mail config.

{
    "Subject": "some subject",
    "From": "somebody@somedomain",
    "CC": "somebody1@somedomain, somebody2@somedomain"
}

• --mails_path PATH: The path of the mails to sent.

Contributing

See Contributing

Authors

Lee-W