Prerequisites
To get the most out of this guide, you’ll need to:
1. Setup your environment
Create and activate your new virtualenv.
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Install dependencies.
pip install -r requirements.txt
Set your RESEND_API_KEY environment variable by running.
export RESEND_API_KEY="re_123456789"
2. Send email using Django’s SMTP EmailMessage
Set the necessary attributes in your settings.py file.
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
RESEND_SMTP_PORT = 587
RESEND_SMTP_USERNAME = 'resend'
RESEND_SMTP_HOST = 'smtp.resend.com'
Use Django’s get_connection and EmailMessage
import os
from django.conf import settings
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.core.mail import EmailMessage, get_connection
def index(request):
subject = "Hello from Django SMTP"
recipient_list = ["delivered@resend.dev"]
from_email = "onboarding@resend.dev"
message = "<strong>it works!</strong>"
with get_connection(
host=settings.RESEND_SMTP_HOST,
port=settings.RESEND_SMTP_PORT,
username=settings.RESEND_SMTP_USERNAME,
password=os.environ["RESEND_API_KEY"],
use_tls=True,
) as connection:
r = EmailMessage(
subject=subject,
body=message,
to=recipient_list,
from_email=from_email,
connection=connection).send()
return JsonResponse({"status": "ok"})
3. Try it yourself
Django SMTP Example
See the full source code.
