i am getting this error down when trying to submit my form data to email
{{ ValueError at /contact
too many values to unpack (expected 4)
Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://localhost:8000/contact
Django Version: 3.2.4
Exception Type: ValueError
Exception Value:
too many values to unpack (expected 4)
Exception Location:
C:\Users\RDM\Envs\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\mail\__init__.py, line
83, in <listcomp>
Python Executable: C:\Users\RDM\Envs\env\Scripts\python.exe
Python Version: 3.9.6
Python Path:
['C:\\Users\\RDM\\Desktop\\Web\\KVC\\KVC',
'c:\\users\\rdm\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python39\\python39.zip',
'c:\\users\\rdm\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python39\\DLLs',
'c:\\users\\rdm\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python39\\lib',
'c:\\users\\rdm\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python39',
'C:\\Users\\RDM\\Envs\\env',
'C:\\Users\\RDM\\Envs\\env\\lib\\site-packages']
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 15:04:30 +00
}}}
my settings
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = '587'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'myacco...@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'almxfemqayldytab'
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
here is my views.py
def contact(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
f_name = request.POST['name']
f_email = request.POST['email']
f_subject = request.POST['subject']
f_message = request.POST['message']
# send mail function
datatuple = (
('f_name','f_subject', 'f_message','f_email',
['mygm...@gmail.com']),
# second person
('f_name','f_subject', 'f_message','f_email',
['sec...@gmail.com'])
)
send_mass_mail(datatuple)
if send_mass_mail(datatuple):
messages.info(request,'thank you for contacting us')
return redirect('contact')
else:
messages.info(request, 'try again sorry for inconveniency')
return redirect('contact')
else:
messages.info(request, 'try again sorry for inconveniency')
return redirect('contact')
here down urls.py
path("contact", views.contact, name="contact"),
then my form html
<form action="{% url 'contact' %}" method="post" role="form" class=
"php-email-form" data-aos="fade-left">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="form-row">
<div class="col-md-6 form-group">
<input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" id=
"name" placeholder="Your Name" data-rule="minlen:4" data-msg=
"Please enter at least 4 chars" />
<div class="validate"></div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6 form-group">
<input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id=
"email" placeholder="Your Email" data-rule="email" data-msg=
"Please enter a valid email" />
<div class="validate"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="subject" id=
"subject" placeholder="Subject" data-rule="minlen:4" data-msg=
"Please enter at least 8 chars of subject" />
<div class="validate"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" rows="5"
data-rule="required" data-msg="Please write something for us" placeholder=
"Message"></textarea>
<div class="validate"></div>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
{% for fmessage in messages %}
<div class="error-message sent-message">{{fmessage}}</div>
{% endfor %}
</div>
<div class="text-center"><button type="submit" class="send">
Send Message</button></div>
</form>
</div>
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