Update: Intgrated the sendgrid service.

client/public/config.js

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 window.env = {
-  SERVER_DOMAIN_NAME_API: 'https://cshrserver.gent01.qa.grid.tf/api', // Added for testing, this is a staging API
+  SERVER_DOMAIN_NAME_API: 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/api', // Added for testing, this is a staging API
 };

config/.env.template

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DJANGO_DEBUG=ON # Keep it on.
 EMAIL=<EMAIL>
 EMAIL_PASSWORD=<EMAIL_PASSWORD>
 EMAIL_HOST=<EMAIL_HOST>
+SENDGRID_API_KEY=<SENDGRID_API_KEY> # pass it only if you are going to use the sendgrid provider.
 
 
 # Servers configurations

server/cshr/celery/send_email.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from celery import Celery
 from celery.schedules import crontab
+from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
+
 import datetime
 from django.core.mail import send_mail
 from celery import shared_task
@@ -172,25 +174,50 @@ def send_quarter_evaluation_email():
 
 
 @shared_task()
-def send_email_for_request(user_id, msg, mail_title) -> Response:
-    from django.core.mail import send_mail
+def send_email_for_request(user_id) -> Response:
     from cshr.models.users import User
     from cshr.utils.send_email import get_email_recievers
     from cshr.services.users import get_user_by_id
     from cshr.utils.send_email import check_email_configuration
 
     check_email_configuration()
     user: User = get_user_by_id(user_id)
+
     if user is None:
         return False
+
     recievers: array[str] = get_email_recievers(user)
+    mail = EmailMultiAlternatives(
+        subject="Vacation Request Notification",
+        from_email="Codescalers HR <[email protected]>",
+        to=recievers,
+          headers={"Reply-To": "[email protected]"}
+    )
+    mail.categories = [
+        'work',
+        'urgent',
+    ]
+    mail.attach_alternative(
+        f"""
+            <p>I trust this message finds you and your family in good health.</p>
+            <p>I wanted to bring to your attention that { user.full_name } has recently submitted a vacation request. To review and manage this notification, please log in to your CSHR account and check your <a href='https://hr.threefold.tech/notifications/' target='_blank'>notifications</a>.</p>
+            <p>Thank you for your attention to this matter.</p>
+            <p>Best regards,</p>
+            <hr/>
+            <strong>
+                <small>Codescalers HR Mail System</small>
+                <br/>
+                <small>Note: This email was sent via the Codescalers HR email system. Please refrain from replying to this email.</small>
+            </strong>
+        """,
+        "text/html"
+    )
+
     try:
-        send_mail(
-            mail_title, msg, settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER, recievers, fail_silently=False
-        )
+        mail.send()
+        return True
     except Exception:
         return False
-    return True
 
 
 @shared_task()

server/cshr/utils/email_messages_templates.py

@@ -3,23 +3,37 @@
 
 
 def get_vacation_request_email_template(user: User, data, url) -> str:
-    msg = """Request information:
-   Applying user: {user_fname} {user_lname}
-   Reason: {reason}
-   Start date : {start_date}
-   End Date : {end_date}
-   Status :{status}
-   Request Url: {request_url}""".format(
-        user_fname=user.first_name,
-        user_lname=user.last_name,
-        reason=data["reason"],
-        start_date=data["from_date"],
-        end_date=data["end_date"],
-        status=data["status"],
-        request_url=url,
+    formatted_start_date = data["from_date"]
+    formatted_end_date = data["end_date"]
+
+    message = (
+        f"""
+
+        Hello Mahmoud, I hope this email finds you well. This is a copy of the vacation request applied by Ahmed. Could you kindly take a look?
+        
+        ---------------------------------------------------------
+        |   Applicant:      {user.first_name} {user.last_name}  |
+        ---------------------------------------------------------
+        |   Reason:         {data['reason']}                    |
+        ---------------------------------------------------------
+        |   Start Date:     {formatted_start_date}              |
+        ---------------------------------------------------------
+        ---------------------------------------------------------
+        |   End Date:       {formatted_end_date}                |
+        ---------------------------------------------------------
+        ---------------------------------------------------------
+        |   Status:         {data['status']}                    |
+        ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+        Thanks
+
+        <small>This email is auto-generated by the Codescalers HR system.</small>
+
+        """
+        # f"Request URL: {url}"
     )
-    return msg
 
+    return message
 
 def get_hr_letter_request_email_template(user: User, data, url) -> str:
     msg = """Request information:

server/cshr/views/vacations.py

@@ -289,27 +289,23 @@ def post(self, request: Request) -> Response:
                     message=f"You have an additional pending request that deducts {sum(pinding_vacations)} days from your balance even though the current balance for the '{reason.capitalize().replace('_', ' ')}' category is only {curr_balance} days."
                 )
 
-            saved = serializer.save(
-                type=TYPE_CHOICES.VACATIONS,
-                status=STATUS_CHOICES.PENDING,
-                applying_user=applying_user,
-                actual_days=vacation_days,
-            )
-
-            msg = get_vacation_request_email_template(
-                request.user, serializer.data, saved.id
-            )
-
             try:
                 ping_redis()
             except:
                 return http_ensure_redis_error()
 
             set_notification_request_redis(serializer.data)
 
-            sent = send_email_for_request(request.user.id, msg, "Vacation request")
-            if not sent:
-                return CustomResponse.bad_request(message="Error in sending email, can not sent email with this request.")
+            # sent = send_email_for_request(request.user.id)
+            # if not sent:
+                # return CustomResponse.bad_request(message="Error in sending email, can not sent email with this request.")
+
+            saved = serializer.save(
+                type=TYPE_CHOICES.VACATIONS,
+                status=STATUS_CHOICES.PENDING,
+                applying_user=applying_user,
+                actual_days=vacation_days,
+            )
 
             response_date: Dict = send_vacation_to_calendar(saved)
             return CustomResponse.success(

server/pyproject.toml

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ python-decouple = "^3.6"
 redis = "^4.3.4"
 whitenoise = "^6.2.0"
 psycopg2-binary = "^2.9.9"
+sendgrid-django = "^4.2.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 black = "^22.6.0"

server/settings.py

@@ -194,11 +194,21 @@
 # email config
 
 EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
-EMAIL_HOST = config("EMAIL_HOST")
+SENDGRID_API_KEY = config('SENDGRID_API_KEY')
+SENDGRID_SANDBOX_MODE_IN_DEBUG = True
+
+EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.sendgrid.net'
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'apikey' # this is exactly the value 'apikey'
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = SENDGRID_API_KEY
 EMAIL_PORT = 587
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
-EMAIL_HOST_USER = config("EMAIL")
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = config("EMAIL_PASSWORD")
+
+# EMAIL_HOST = config("EMAIL_HOST")
+# EMAIL_PORT = 587
+# EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+# EMAIL_HOST_USER = config("EMAIL")
+# EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = config("EMAIL_PASSWORD")
+# SENDGRID_API_KEY = config("SENDGRID_API_KEY")
 
 
 # import dj_database_url