Added Django forms to share posts via email

Module02/mysite/blog/forms.py

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django import forms
+
+class EmailPostForm(forms.Form):
+    name = forms.CharField(max_length=25)
+    email = forms.EmailField()
+    to = forms.EmailField()
+    comments = forms.CharField(required=False, widget=forms.Textarea)

Module02/mysite/blog/models.py

@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@ def get_absolute_url(self):
             self.publish.day,
             self.slug,
         ])
+
+
 

Module02/mysite/blog/templates/blog/post/detail.html

@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ <h1>{{ post.title }}</h1>
     Published {{ post.publish }} by {{ post.author }}
     </p>
     {{ post.body|linebreaks }}
+    <p>
+        <a href="{% url "blog:post_share" post.id %}">
+            Share this post
+        </a>
+    </p>
 {% endblock %}

Module02/mysite/blog/templates/blog/post/share.html

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{% extends "blog/base.html" %}
+{% block title %}Share a Post{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+    {% if sent %}
+        <h1>E-mail successfully sent</h1>
+        <p>
+            "{{ post.title }}" was successfully sent to {{ form.cleaned_data.to }}.
+        </p>
+    {% else %}
+        <h1>Share "{{ post.title }}" by e-mail</h1>
+        <form method="post">
+            {{ form.as_p }}
+            {% csrf_token %}
+            <input type="submit" value="Send e-mail">
+        </form>
+    {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}

Module02/mysite/blog/urls.py

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
     # path('', views.post_list, name='post_list'),
     path('', views.PostListView.as_view(), name='post_list'),
     path('<int:year>/<int:month>/<int:day>/<slug:post>/', views.post_detail, name='post_detail'),
+    path('<int:post_id>/share/', views.post_share, name='post_share'),
 ]

Module02/mysite/blog/views.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 from .models import Post
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger 
 from django.views.generic import ListView
+from .forms import EmailPostForm
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
 
 
 # def post_list(request):
@@ -35,4 +37,23 @@ def post_detail(request, year, month, day, post):
                                 publish__month=month, 
                                 publish__day=day
                             )
-    return render(request, 'blog/post/detail.html', {'post': post})
+    return render(request, 'blog/post/detail.html', {'post': post})
+
+def post_share(request, post_id):
+    # Retrieve post by id
+    post = get_object_or_404(Post, id=post_id, status=Post.Status.PUBLISHED)
+    sent = False
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        # Form was submitted
+        form = EmailPostForm(request.POST)
+        if form.is_valid():
+            # Form fields passed validation
+            cd = form.cleaned_data
+            post_url = request.build_absolute_uri(post.get_absolute_url())
+            subject = f"{cd['name']} recommends you read {post.title}"
+            message = f"Read {post.title} at {post_url} \n {cd['name']}\'s comments: {cd['comments']}"
+            send_mail(subject, message, 'alaaali151992@gmail.com', [cd['to']])
+            sent = True
+    else:
+        form = EmailPostForm()
+    return render(request, 'blog/post/share.html', {'post': post, 'form': form, 'sent': sent})

Module02/mysite/mysite/settings.py

@@ -122,3 +122,12 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+# Email server configuration
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
+EMAIL_PORT = 587
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+EMAIL_USE_SSL = False
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'your_gmail_account'
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your_added_app_password'