This Python-only lightning tutorial will show how to send emails from within your Smart Forms.
For that we’ll use SendGrid’s Python lib. To follow along, create a free SendGrid account and your single sender email API key.
This is the basic code you need to add to your Form’s script to send an email with a subject line, inner content and attachment:
# Import required libraries
from abstra.forms import *
import os
import base64
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient
from sendgrid.helpers.mail import (Mail, Attachment, FileContent, FileName, FileType, Disposition)
# Fill in email content
message = Mail(
from_email= 'your_sender_email',
to_emails= 'your_receiver_email',
subject='Your email subject',
html_content="""
Add your customized content here.
""")
# Add attachment, if needed
with open('your_attachment_file_name', 'rb') as f:
data = f.read()
f.close()
encoded_file = base64.b64encode(data).decode()
attachedFile = Attachment(
FileContent(encoded_file),
FileName('your_attachment_file_name'),
FileType('application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document'),
Disposition('attachment')
)
message.attachment = attachedFile
# End of attachment
# Send email
sg = SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get('YOUR_SENDGRID_API_KEY'))
response = sg.send(message)
Infinite solutions can be customized from here on.
One example is using form answers + simple Python logic to populate the email’s content:
from abstra.forms import *
import os
import base64
from sendgrid import SendGridAPIClient
from sendgrid.helpers.mail import (Mail, Attachment, FileContent, FileName, FileType, Disposition)
name = read('What\'s your name?')
email = read_email('What\'s your email?')
seats = read_number('How many seats do you need?')
if seats < 5:
plan = 'Starter'
value = 50
elif 5 < seats < 20:
plan = 'Pro'
value = 100
elif seats > 20:
plan = 'Enterprise'
value = 300
message = Mail(
from_email= 'your_sender_email',
to_emails= email,
subject='Estimated cost',
html_content=f"""
Hi there, {name}.
Thank you for your interest in our product!
Since you need {seats} seats, the recommended plan is the {plan} plan.
The price is ${value} per month.
Acess our landing page for more.
""")
sg = SendGridAPIClient(os.environ.get('YOUR_SENDGRID_API_KEY'))
response = sg.send(message)
Check out 2 other example use cases (with interactive previews!):
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