implement sending email through sendgrid

back-end/account/email.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.utils.html import strip_tags
 from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
+from django.conf import settings
 from djoser.conf import settings as djoser_settings
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -21,7 +22,16 @@ def build_frontend_url(path: str):
 
     prefix = "/".join(parts[:-2])
 
-    domain = djoser_settings.DOMAIN
+    domain = getattr(djoser_settings, "DOMAIN", None)
+    if not domain:
+        frontend_url = getattr(settings, "FRONTEND_URL", "")
+        parsed_frontend = urlparse(frontend_url)
+        domain = parsed_frontend.netloc or frontend_url
+
+    if not domain:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Unable to construct email link: set DJOSER.DOMAIN or PUBLIC_APP_URL/FRONTEND_URL."
+        )
 
     return f"https://{domain}/{prefix}/{uid}/{token}"
 

back-end/core/settings/base.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import dj_database_url
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 import cloudinary
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
     "djoser",
     "corsheaders",
     "drf_spectacular",
+    "anymail",
     "cloudinary_storage",
     "cloudinary",
 ]
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@
     "USER_CREATE_PASSWORD_RETYPE": True,
     "ACTIVATION_URL": "verify-email/{uid}/{token}",
     "PASSWORD_RESET_CONFIRM_URL": "reset-password/{uid}/{token}",
+    "DOMAIN": urlparse(os.environ.get("PUBLIC_APP_URL", "http://localhost:5173")).netloc
+    or os.environ.get("PUBLIC_APP_URL", "localhost:5173"),
     "SERIALIZERS": {
         "user_create": "account.serializers.UserCreateSerializer",
         "user": "account.serializers.UserSerializer",
@@ -225,6 +229,10 @@
     "VIEWS": {
         "user_create": "account.views.CustomUserViewSet"
     },
+    "EMAIL": {
+        "activation": "account.email.CustomActivationEmail",
+        "password_reset": "account.email.CustomPasswordResetEmail",
+    },
 }
 
 # ─── CORS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -254,13 +262,21 @@
 GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET = os.environ.get("GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET", "").strip()
 
 # ─── Email ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
-EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
+SENDGRID_API_KEY = os.environ.get("SENDGRID_API_KEY", "")
+ANYMAIL = {
+    "SENDGRID_API_KEY": SENDGRID_API_KEY,
+}
+EMAIL_BACKEND = (
+    "anymail.backends.sendgrid.EmailBackend"
+    if SENDGRID_API_KEY
+    else "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
+)
 EMAIL_HOST = os.environ.get("EMAIL_HOST", "smtp.gmail.com")
 EMAIL_PORT = int(os.environ.get("EMAIL_PORT", 587))
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get("EMAIL_USE_TLS", "True") == "True"
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.environ.get("EMAIL_HOST_USER", "")
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD", "")
-DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = os.environ.get("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL", "noreply@onlinetherapy.com")
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = os.environ.get("EMAIL_FROM", os.environ.get("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL", "noreply@onlinetherapy.com"))
 
 # Frontend URL (for email links)
 FRONTEND_URL = os.environ.get("PUBLIC_APP_URL", "http://localhost:5173")

back-end/core/settings/development.py

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 """Development Settings"""
 from .base import *  # noqa: F401, F403
+import os
 
 DEBUG = True
 
-# Show emails in console during development
-EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend"
+# Use console backend when SendGrid is not configured in development.
+EMAIL_BACKEND = (
+    "anymail.backends.sendgrid.EmailBackend"
+    if os.environ.get("SENDGRID_API_KEY")
+    else "django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend"
+)
 
 # Django Debug Toolbar (optional but useful)
 INSTALLED_APPS += ["django_extensions"]  # noqa: F405

back-end/pyproject.toml

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "groq>=0.5.0",
     "cloudinary>=1.44.2",
     "django-cloudinary-storage>=0.3.0",
+    "django-anymail[sendgrid]>=9.4.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]