Merge pull request #40 from abhiram304/semail

Adding Send Email function

Author: devmahmud

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ Django poll app is a full featured polling app. You have to register in this app
 <code>seeder.seed_all(30)</code>
 <p>Here 30 is a number of entry. You can use it as your own</p>
 
+## Configure Email - Poll Owner receives Email when vote is cast by user
+
+- Get your smtp host details and replace following values in your `settings.py`
+
+```text
+# Configure email settings
+EMAIL_HOST = '<your smtp host>'
+EMAIL_PORT = '<smtp port>'
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = '<smtp host user>'
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '<smtp host pass>'
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = '<from email address>'
+```
 <h2> Configuring OAuth login </h2>
 <details>
     <summary>Obtaining OAuth Client ID for Google</summary>

pollme/settings.py

@@ -143,3 +143,12 @@
 
 SOCIAL_AUTH_URL_NAMESPACE = 'social'
 SOCIAL_AUTH_LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/polls/list/user/'
+
+# Configure email settings
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
+EMAIL_PORT = 587
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'TBD'
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'TBD'
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'TBD'  # The email address you want to send from

polls/views.py

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 from .models import Poll, Choice, Vote
 from .forms import PollAddForm, EditPollForm, ChoiceAddForm
 from django.http import HttpResponse
-
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
+from django.conf import settings  # To access your email settings
 
 @login_required()
 def polls_list(request):
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ def dashboard(request):
     context = {'poll_data': poll_data}
     return render(request, 'polls/dashboard.html', context)
 
-
 @login_required()
 def list_by_user(request):
     all_polls = Poll.objects.filter(owner=request.user)
@@ -211,8 +211,16 @@ def poll_vote(request, poll_id):
     if choice_id:
         choice = Choice.objects.get(id=choice_id)
         vote = Vote(user=request.user, poll=poll, choice=choice)
-        vote.save()
-        print(vote)
+        vote.save()        
+
+        # get poll creator email
+        poll_creator_email = poll.owner.email
+        # Construct the email
+        subject = f'New vote for your poll: {poll.text}'
+        message = f'A new vote has been cast for your poll "{poll.text}".'
+        # Send the email
+        send_mail(subject, message, settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER, [poll_creator_email])       
+
         return render(request, 'polls/poll_result.html', {'poll': poll})
     else:
         messages.error(