Django snippets

# Put this code somewhere like util/__init__.py and add the
# util app to your INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py. Then 
# instead of using the send_mail function in django.core.mail,
# use the wrapper we created in util.

from django.core.mail import send_mail as send_real_mail
from django.conf import settings
 
def send_mail(subject, message, sender, to):
    """
    Send email
    """
    if settings.DEBUG:
        send_debug_mail(subject, message, sender, to)
 
    send_real_mail(subject, message, sender, to)
 
def send_debug_mail(subject, message, sender, to):
    """
    Save outgoing mail to a file for testing
    """
    if not os.path.exists(settings.DEBUG_MAILDIR):
        os.mkdir(settings.DEBUG_MAILDIR)
    fp = open('%s/%s' % (settings.DEBUG_MAILDIR, str(time.time())) , "w")
    fp.writelines([
        'From: %s\n' % sender,
        'To: %s\n' % ", ".join(to),
        'Subject: %s\n\n' % subject,
        message
    ])
    fp.close()


# Put this in one of your apps under 
# <your app>/management/commands/email_reg.py
 
from glob import glob
import webbrowser
import re
 
from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand
from django.conf import settings
 
class Command(NoArgsCommand):
    help = "Follow first link in the latest debug email"
 
    requires_model_validation = False
 
    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
 
        latest = ''
        for x in glob(settings.DEBUG_MAILDIR + '/*'):
            if x > latest:
                latest = x
 
        f = open(latest).read()
        link = re.search('http:\/\/.*', f).group()
        webbrowser.open_new_tab(link)