Send emails with Django

Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need:

A Resend API key
A verified domain

Guide

Install
Get the django-anymail package with Resend support.
- Pip
Pip
pip install django-anymail[resend]

Configure

Add Anymail to your Django settings.

settings.py

import os

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    "anymail",
]

EMAIL_BACKEND = "anymail.backends.resend.EmailBackend"
ANYMAIL = {
    "RESEND_API_KEY": os.environ.get("RESEND_API_KEY"),
}
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "onboarding@resend.dev"

Send email using HTML

The easiest way to send an email is by using the html_message parameter.

views.py

from django.core.mail import send_mail
from django.http import JsonResponse

def send_email(request):
    send_mail(
        subject="Hello from Django + Resend",
        message="This is a plain text message.",
        from_email="Acme <onboarding@resend.dev>",
        recipient_list=["delivered@resend.dev"],
        html_message="<strong>it works!</strong>",
    )

    return JsonResponse({"message": "Email sent successfully"})

Send email using a template

For more complex emails, you can use Django's template system.

First, create an HTML template at templates/emails/welcome.html:

templates/emails/welcome.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <title>Welcome Email</title>
  </head>
  <body style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; color: #333;">
    <h1>Welcome, {{ user_name }}!</h1>
    <p>Thank you for joining our service.</p>
    <p>Your account email: <strong>{{ user_email }}</strong></p>
    <p>
      <a
        href="{{ dashboard_url }}"
        style="background-color: #007bff; color: white; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px;"
      >
        Go to Dashboard
      </a>
    </p>
  </body>
</html>

Then render and send the template:

views.py

from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.template.loader import render_to_string

def send_template_email(request):
    html_content = render_to_string('emails/welcome.html', {
        'user_name': 'Django Developer',
        'user_email': 'delivered@resend.dev',
        'dashboard_url': 'https://example.com/dashboard',
    })

    message = EmailMessage(
        subject="Welcome to Our Service!",
        body=html_content,
        from_email="Acme <onboarding@resend.dev>",
        to=["delivered@resend.dev"],
    )
    message.content_subtype = "html"
    message.send()

    return JsonResponse({"message": "Email sent successfully"})

Examples

Django App

Full Django web application

Basic Send

Basic email sending

Attachments

Send emails with file attachments

Templates

Send emails using Resend hosted templates

Scheduling

Schedule emails for future delivery

Audiences

Manage contacts and audiences

Domains

Create and manage sending domains

Inbound Webhooks

Receive and process inbound emails

Double Opt-in

Double opt-in subscription flow

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