anvil.email Module
The anvil.email module contains functions for sending and receiving email in your Anvil app.
Functions
send
Classes
Address
Address Attributes
address - string
The email address this object represents.
name - string
The name associated with the address this object represents.
raw_value - string
The full string value of this address.
DeliveryFailure
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While handling an error, you can raise a DeliveryFailure exception to reject email delivery. Optionally, you may specify a message and SMTP error code with the rejection.
Constructor
DeliveryFailure(message=None, smtp_code=554)
Message
Instance Methods
get_header(header_name, [default=None])
Return the value of the specified header, or default value if it is not present.
Case-insensitive. If the header is specified multiple times, returns the first value.
list_header(header_name)
Return a list containing every value of the specified header. Case-insensitive.
reply([cc=], [bcc=], [from_address=], [from_name=], [text=], [html=], [attachments=])
Reply to this email.
Message Attributes
addressees - anvil.email.Message.Addressees instance
The addresses this email was sent from and to, according to the headers.
attachments - list(anvil.Media instance)
A list of this email’s attachments.
dkim - anvil.email.Message.DKIM instance
Object describing whether this message was signed by the sending domain
envelope - anvil.email.Message.Envelope instance
The sender and receipient of this email, according to the SMTP envelope.
headers - list
All the headers in this email, as a list of (name,value) pairs.
html - string
The HTML content of this email, or None if there is no HTML part.
inline_attachments - dict(string,anvil.Media instance)
A dictionary of this email’s inline attachments. Keys are ContentID headers, values are the attachments as Media Objects.
subject - string
The subject of this email, or None if there is no subject.
text - string
The plain-text content of this email, or None if there is no plain-text part.
SendFailure
Create a new ‘SendFailure’ object
Constructor
SendFailure()
SendReport
SendReport Attributes
message_id - string
The Message-ID header given to this outgoing message.
Functions
send([to=], [cc=], [bcc=], [from_address="no-reply"], [from_name=], [subject=], [text=], [html=], [attachments=], [inline_attachments=]) → anvil.email.SendReport instance
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Send an email
to- The email recipient[s] in the 'To' field. Can be a string or list of strings. Each string can be a bare address (eg 'joe@example.com') or include a display name (eg 'Joe Bloggs <joe@example.com>').cc- The email recipient[s] in the 'Cc' field. Can be a string or list of strings. Each string can be a bare address (eg 'joe@example.com') or include a display name (eg 'Joe Bloggs <joe@example.com>').bcc- The email recipient[s] in the 'Bcc' field. Can be a string or list of strings. Each string can be a bare address (eg 'joe@example.com') or include a display name (eg 'Joe Bloggs <joe@example.com>').from_address- The From: address from this email. Can be a bare address (eg 'joe@example.com') or include a display name (eg 'Joe Bloggs <joe@example.com>'). If no domain is specified, or the specified domain is not a legal sending domain for this app, the address will be replaced with a valid domain. So if you specify 'noreply', the email will come from 'noreply@your-app-domain.anvil.app'.from_name- The name associated with the From: address for this email. (Only valid if the from_address is a bare email address.)subject- The subject line for this email.text- The plain-text (no HTML) content for this email. You must specify at least one of 'text' and 'html'.html- The HTML content for this email. You must specify at least one of 'text' and 'html'.attachments- A list of Media objects to send as attachments with this email.inline_attachments- Inline that can be used in this email's HTML, for example in <img> tags. Must be a dictionary whose keys are IDs and values are Media objects. IDs can then be used in a message's HTML with 'cid:xxx' URIs.
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