I've implemented the code but am one step away from a working solution. The variable message contains text "response.write( ... escape=False)" for each section of text and for each dictionary item I use in my view.
any thoughts? C On May 27, 12:16 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > You can use the web2py template language to generate emails. > > from gluon.template import parse_template > from gluon.tool import Mail > > mail=Mail > mail.settings.server='smtp.gmail.com: > 587' > mail.settings.sender='....@somewhere.com' > mail.settings.login=None or > 'username:password' > > path=os.path.join(request.folder,"views") > context=dict(a=1,b=2,c=3,etc="etc") > message=parse_template('file.html',path=path,context=context) > mail.send(to=['....@whatever.com'],subject='None',message=message) > > Massimo > > On May 27, 4:28 am, Carl <carl.ro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > web2py's templating for HTML pages makes managing page structure > > populated with dynamic content very straightforward and scalable. > > > What approach is recommended to use this power to manage emails/email > > templates? > > > My application sends out emails populated with a lot of dynamic data > > and before I compose a String for the body text in Python I wondered > > if the existing template engine could be harnessed (and if so, what's > > the recommended way to leverage it) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---