Send emails using Django with SMTP

Learn how to integrate Django with Resend SMTP.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need:

A Resend API key
A verified domain
Install virtualenv by running pip install virtualenv

Guide

Setup your environment
Create and activate your new virtualenv.
Bash
```
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
```
Install dependencies.
Shell
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Set your RESEND_API_KEY environment variable by running.
Shell
```
export RESEND_API_KEY="re_xxxxxxxxx"
```

Send email using Django's SMTP EmailMessage

Set the necessary attributes in your settings.py file.

Python

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

Python

import os
from django.conf import settings
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.core.mail import EmailMessage, get_connection

# Sample Django view
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"})

Examples

Django SMTP Example

See the full source code.

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