trying to send email

api/__init__.py

 from flask import Flask
+from flask_mail import Mail
 from flask_restful import Api
 from flask_bcrypt import Bcrypt
 from flask_jwt_extended import JWTManager
@@ -6,12 +7,12 @@ from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from flask_limiter import Limiter
 from flask_limiter.util import get_remote_address
 
-
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'randomchangethisshit'
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///database/database.db'
 app.config['JWT_AUTH_USERNAME_KEY'] = 'email'
 app.config['JWT_ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRES'] = 5 * 3600
+mail = Mail(app)
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
 jwt = JWTManager(app)
 bcrypt = Bcrypt(app)

api/endpoints/emailconfirmation.py

+# from flask import redirect, render_template, url_for
+# from api import db, limiter
+# from itsdangerous import URLSafeTimedSerializer
+#
+# email = 'haha'
+#
+# ts = URLSafeTimedSerializer(app.config["SECRET_KEY"])
+#
+# @app.route('/accounts/create', methods=["GET", "POST"])
+# def create_account():
+#
+#     # Now we'll send the email confirmation link
+#     subject = "Confirm your email for salamander app."
+#
+#     token = ts.dumps(email, salt='email-confirm-key')
+#
+#     confirm_url = url_for(
+#         'confirm_email',
+#         token=token,
+#         _external=True)
+#
+#     html = render_template(
+#         'email/activate.html',
+#         confirm_url=confirm_url)
+#
+#     # We'll assume that send_email has been defined in myapp/util.py
+#     send_email(user.email, subject, html)
+#
+#     return redirect(url_for("index"))
+#
+#     return render_template("accounts/create.html", form=form)
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api/endpoints/user.py

@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ import re
 from flask_jwt_extended import get_jwt_identity, jwt_required
 from api.forms.userforms import RegistrationForm, DeleteUserForm
 from validate_email import validate_email
+from itsdangerous import URLSafeTimedSerializer
+from api import app, mail
+from flask import redirect, render_template, url_for
+from flask_mail import Message
 
 EMAIL_REGEX = "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$"
+ts = URLSafeTimedSerializer(app.config["SECRET_KEY"])
 
 
 class UserEndpoint(Resource):
@@ -20,12 +25,48 @@ class UserEndpoint(Resource):
             if data.password.data == data.confirmPassword.data:
                 user = db.session.query(User).filter_by(email=data.email.data.lower()).first()
                 if not user and re.search(EMAIL_REGEX, data.email.data.lower()):
-                    valid = validate_email(data.email.data.lower(), verify=True,check_mx=True)
-                    if valid:
+                    if validate_email(data.email.data.lower(), verify=True,check_mx=True):
                         password_hash = bcrypt.generate_password_hash(data.password.data)
                         new_user = User(name=data.name.data, email=data.email.data.lower(), pwd=password_hash)
                         db.session.add(new_user)
                         db.session.commit()
+
+                        # Now we'll send the email confirmation link
+                        subject = "Confirm your email for salamander app."
+#     w  c(..)o   (
+#      \__(-)    __)
+#          /\   (
+#         /(_)___)
+#         w /|
+#          | \
+#         m  m
+#
+#                                                                                   .="=.
+#                                                                                 _/.-.-.\_     _
+#                                                                                ( ( o o ) )    ))
+#                                                                                 |/  "  \|    //
+#                                                                                  \'---'/    //
+#                                                                                  /`"""`\\  ((
+#                                                                                 / /_,_\ \\  \\
+#                                                                                 \_\\_'__/ \  ))
+#                                                                                 /`  /`~\  |//
+#                                                                                /   /    \  /
+#                                                                            ,--`,--'\/\    /
+#
+#
+                        token = ts.dumps(data.email.data.lower(), salt='email-confirm-key')
+
+                        # confirm_url = url_for(
+                        #     'confirm_email',
+                        #     token=token,
+                        #     _external=True)
+                        #
+                        # html = render_template(
+                        #     'email/activate.html',
+                        #     confirm_url=confirm_url)
+                        # We'll assume that send_email has been defined in myapp/util.py
+                        send_email(data.email.data.lower(), "hei")#, html)
+
                         return jsonify({"message": "new user created", 'status': 200})
                     else:
                         return jsonify({"message": "email doesn't exist", 'status': 400})
@@ -93,3 +134,9 @@ class UserEndpoint(Resource):
 
         else:
             return jsonify({"message": "this user does not exist", "status": 400})
+
+def send_email(email, text):
+    msg = Message(text,
+                  sender="salamanderteam@noreply.com",
+                  recipients=[email])
+    mail.send(msg)
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