transactional_emails.py

from utils.notify_helpers import send_email_with_body_from_user
from utils import setting_handler, models
from plugins.archive_plugin import plugin_settings
from django.template import Template, RequestContext, Context

def send_update_request_email(request, article):
    """
    Generate and send email to article correspondence author notifying them of editor's update request
    : article is an article object
    """

    plugin = models.Plugin.objects.get(name=plugin_settings.SHORT_NAME)

    subject = "{} Article Update Request: '{}'".format(article.journal.code, article.title)
    to = article.correspondence_author.email
    template = setting_handler.get_plugin_setting(plugin, 'request_email_template', request.journal).processed_value
    template = template.replace('\r', '')
    template = template.replace('\n', '')

    context = {"article": article, "request": request}

    template = Template(template)
    con = RequestContext(request)
    con.push(context)
    body = template.render(con)

    send_email_with_body_from_user(request, subject, to, body)