you can't expect something in "..//static/python/the_mailer.py" to be
magically executed just POSTing to that path...
use a proper function in a proper controller...
On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 7:24:30 AM UTC+1, John Costantino wrote:
>
> Hey so I have a mail script written in python which works fine when I run
> it from a linux terminal. My issue is I need to make an ajax call passing
> in parameters from a custom form I created. In the Javascript it calls the
> script but the mail never sends. I am stumped I have been trying to get the
> ajax to work for days now with no luck. I am currently running the web2py
> application on localhost:8000. Below I will post the code in question.
>
> *HTML Code*
> <div class="title"><p>Contact Us</p></div>
> <div class="form-piece">
> <form enctype="multipart/form-data">
> <input required class="in-txt" id="name" name="name"
> placeholder="Your Name" type="text" value=""/><br>
> <input required class="in-txt" id="email" name="email"
> placeholder="Your Email" type="email" value=""/><br>
> <textarea required class="last in-area" id="message"
> cols="40" name="message" placeholder="Write your message here." rows="10"
> type="text"></textarea><br>
> <div class="error-message-container"><p
> class="error-message" id="contact-message"></p></div>
> <input class="button mail" id="send-contact" type="button"
> value=""/>
> </form>
> </div><!--.form-piece-->
>
> *JS Code (This is fired via a call to onclick of the (#send-contact)
> button above)*
> function sendContactEmail()
> {
> var name = $('#name').val();
> var email = $('#email').val();
> var message = $('#message').val();
> //Variables are not currently used but will be passed once the cgi works
> properly...
>
> $.ajax({
> type: "POST",
> url: "../static/python/the_mailer.py"
> });
> }
>
> *Python Code (This works if using the linux terminal (Comman: python
> the_mailer.py) but not via ajax)*
> import smtplib, socket, sys, getpass
>
> def main():
> print
>
> try:
> smtpserver = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
> smtpserver.ehlo()
> smtpserver.starttls()
> smtpserver.ehlo()
> print 'Connection to Gmail Succesfully'
> print 'Connected to Gmail \n'
> try:
> gmail_user = "[email protected] <javascript:>"
> gmail_pwd = "my pasword"
> smtpserver.login(gmail_user,gmail_pwd)
> except smtplib.SMTPException:
> print 'Authentication failed \n'
> smtpserver.close()
> getpass.getpass('Press ENTER to continue...')
> sys.exit(1)
>
> except (socket.gaierror, socket.error, socket.herror,
> smtplib.SMTPException), e:
> print
> print 'Connection to Gmail failed'
> print e
> getpass.getpass('Press ENTER to continue...')
> sys.exit(1)
> while True:
> to = "[email protected] <javascript:>"
> if to != '': break
> else: print 'this field is required'
>
> sub = "Testing The Email Feature"
> bodymsg = "This is an automated test from Application"
> print
> header = 'To:'+to+'\n'+'From:'+gmail_user+'\n'+'Subject:'+sub+'\n'
> print header
> msg = header+'\n'+bodymsg+'\n\n'
>
> try:
> smtpserver.sendmail(gmail_user,to,msg)
> except smtplib.SMTPException:
> print 'Email could not be sent \n'
> smtpserver.close()
> getpass.getpass('Press ENTER to continue...')
> sys.exit(1)
>
> print 'Email Sent Sucessfully! \n'
> smtpserver.close()
> sys.exit(1)
>
> print '\n'
> # raw_input('pause program')
>
> main()
>
>
>
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