# Local imports try: from string import letters except ImportError: from string import ascii_letters as letters from string import digits, punctuation import hashlib from random import randint from textwrap import dedent import smtplib # Django imports from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string from django.conf import settings def generate_activation_key(username): """ Generate hashed secret key for email activation """ chars = letters + digits + punctuation secret_key = get_random_string(randint(10, 40), chars) return hashlib.sha256((secret_key + username).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest() def send_user_mail(user_mail, key): """ Send mail to user whose email is to be verified This function should get two args i.e user_email and secret_key. The activation url is generated from settings.PRODUCTION_URL and key. """ try: to = user_mail subject = 'Yaksh Email Verification' message = dedent("""\ To activate your account and verify your email address, please click the following link: {0}/exam/activate/{1} If clicking the link above does not work, copy and paste the URL in a new browser window instead. For any issue, please write us on {2} Regards Yaksh Team """.format(settings.PRODUCTION_URL, key, settings.REPLY_EMAIL) ) user = settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER pwd = settings.EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD smtpserver = smtplib.SMTP(settings.EMAIL_HOST, settings.EMAIL_PORT) smtpserver.ehlo() smtpserver.starttls() smtpserver.ehlo() smtpserver.esmtp_features['auth']='LOGIN DIGEST-MD5 PLAIN' smtpserver.login(user, pwd) header = 'To:{0}\nFrom:{1}\nSubject:{2}\n'.format(to, settings.SENDER_EMAIL, subject) message = '{0}\n{1}\n\n'.format(header, message) smtpserver.sendmail(user, to, message) smtpserver.close() msg = "An activation link is sent to your registered email.\ Please activate the link within 20 minutes." success = True except Exception as exc_msg: msg = """Error: {0}. Please check your email address.\ If email address is correct then Please contact {1}.""".format(exc_msg, settings.REPLY_EMAIL) success = False return success, msg