Sending simple emails in Flask - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import the Flask-Mail extension.

Flask

from flask_mail import [1]

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AMessage

BMail

CEmail

DFlaskMail

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Common Mistakes

Importing Message instead of Mail

Using wrong class name like FlaskMail

The Flask-Mail extension is imported using Mail.

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medium

Complete the code to create a Flask-Mail instance with the Flask app.

Flask

mail = [1](app)

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AFlaskMail

BMessage

CMail

DEmail

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Common Mistakes

Using Message instead of Mail to create instance

Using wrong class name like FlaskMail

You create a Mail instance by passing the Flask app to Mail(app).

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hard

Fix the error in the code to create an email message with subject and recipients.

Flask

msg = Message(subject='Hello', recipients=[1])

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A'[e-mail]'

B{'[e-mail]'}

[e-mail]

D['[e-mail]']

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Common Mistakes

Passing a string instead of a list

Using a set or dictionary instead of a list

The recipients argument must be a list of email addresses, so use ['[e-mail]'].

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hard

Fill both blanks to set the email body and send the message.

Flask

msg.body = [1]
mail.[2](msg)

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A'This is a test email.'

Bsend

Csendmail

D'Email body text'

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Common Mistakes

Using sendmail instead of send

Setting body to a variable instead of a string

The email body is set as a string, and the message is sent using mail.send(msg).

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hard

Fill all three blanks to configure Flask-Mail settings for SMTP server.

Flask

app.config['MAIL_SERVER'] = [1]
app.config['MAIL_PORT'] = [2]
app.config['MAIL_USE_TLS'] = [3]

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A'smtp.gmail.com'

B587

CTrue

DFalse

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong port number

Setting MAIL_USE_TLS to False when TLS is needed

Use Gmail SMTP server 'smtp.gmail.com', port 587, and enable TLS with True.