Send a welcome email after the user has confirmed his account in django
I'm trying to figure out how I can send welcome emails in Django after the user confirms their account. The welcome email should be sent only to users who have their emails confirmed (active users after signing up) and should be sent after the confirmation email. Any help in solving this will be highly appreciated
models
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
from django.dispatch import receiver
class Profile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
email_confirmed = models.BooleanField(default=False)
@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
def update_user_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
if created:
Profile.objects.create(user=instance)
instance.profile.save()
views
from django.contrib.auth import login
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.utils.encoding import force_text
from django.utils.http import urlsafe_base64_decode
from core.tokens import account_activation_token
# Sign Up View
class SignUpView(View):
form_class = SignUpForm
template_name = 'commons/signup.html'
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
form = self.form_class()
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
form = self.form_class(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
user = form.save(commit=False)
user.is_active = False # Deactivate account till it is confirmed
user.save()
current_site = get_current_site(request)
subject = 'Activate Your MySite Account'
message = render_to_string('emails/account_activation_email.html', {
'user': user,
'domain': current_site.domain,
'uid': urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(user.pk)),
'token': account_activation_token.make_token(user),
})
user.email_user(subject, message)
messages.success(request, ('Please Confirm your email to complete registration.'))
return redirect('login')
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
class ActivateAccount(View):
def get(self, request, uidb64, token, *args, **kwargs):
try:
uid = force_text(urlsafe_base64_decode(uidb64))
user = User.objects.get(pk=uid)
except (TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, User.DoesNotExist):
user = None
if user is not None and account_activation_token.check_token(user, token):
user.is_active = True
user.profile.email_confirmed = True
user.save()
login(request, user)
messages.success(request, ('Your account have been confirmed.'))
return redirect('home')
else:
messages.warning(request, ('The confirmation link was invalid, possibly because it has already been used.'))
return redirect('home')