I think you are looking for the wrong solution to the problem. You should just use
from gluon.template import render mail.sent(to=...,message=render(content=...,context={..})) On Jul 18, 4:47 am, Manuele Pesenti <manuele.pese...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi *, > > I woulld like to reuse a controller function with a different view to > get an html message to send via email... how is it possible? > > Is there a way from python code to get the html text that is returned > when a browser call an url that correspond to my controller "dressed" by > my view with the same name of my controller and, for example, with > .email extension? > > many thanks > > Manuele