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+# formmail |
+ |
+The web handler that extracts form data from a POST request, uses it to |
+populate an email template and then sends the produced email to a configured |
+list of addresses. |
+ |
+## Dependencies |
+ |
+* [Python 2.7](https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/) |
+* [Jinja2](http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/2.10/intro/) |
+* Other packages are required for testing, please see the list of 'deps' in |
+ [`tox.ini`](../../tox.ini) |
+ |
+## Running the web handler |
+ |
+Normally, the formmail web handler is run by the multiplexer, and configured |
+via the sitescripts config file. Please refer to the main [README](../../README.md) |
+for more information about the multiplexer and configuring `sitescripts.ini`. |
+ |
+In order to activate this handler, add the following line to the multiplexer |
+config file: |
+ |
+ [multiplexer] |
+ sitescripts.formmail.web.formmail = |
+ |
+## Configuring the web handler |
+ |
+`formmail.py` can handle multiple URLs and forms. Each URL will correspond to a |
+group of config variables that all start with the same prefix, for example: |
+handler1. These variables are configured in the [formmail] section of the |
+config file. |
+ |
+The URL of the form, where the POST request comes from: |
+ |
+ [formmail] |
+ handler1.url=formmail/test/apply/submit |
+ |
+The CSV file into which all submissions will be saved (optional): |
+ |
+ handler1.csv_log = /var/log/something.csv_log |
rhowell
2019/01/18 20:08:07
Does the spacing around the `=` matter? This is th
Vasily Kuznetsov
2019/01/21 13:54:18
AFAIK it doesn't. This is parsed by python ConfigP
rhowell
2019/01/22 22:53:54
Done.
|
+ |
+The Jinja2 template for the email. This is where the recipient email addresses |
+are entered. [(See an example email template.)](formmail/test/template/test.mail): |
+ |
+ handler1.template=formmail/test/template/test.mail |
+ |
+The `handler1.fields.xxx` subgroup includes the descriptions of the form fields: |
+ |
+ handler1.fields.email=mandatory, email |
+ handler1.fields.email.mandatory=You failed the email test |
+ handler1.fields.email.email=You failed the email validation |
+ handler1.fields.non_mandatory_email=email |
+ handler1.fields.non_mandatory_message= |
+ handler1.fields.mandatory=mandatory |