Quickstart

  • Add the sitemessage application to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings file (usually ‘settings.py’).
  • Run ‘./manage.py syncdb’ to install sitemessage tables into database.

Note

When switching from an older version do not forget to upgrade your database schema.

That could be done with the following command issued in your Django project directory:

./manage.py migrate
  1. Configure messengers for your project (create sitemessages.py in one of your apps):

    from sitemessage.toolbox import register_messenger_objects
    from sitemessage.messengers.smtp import SMTPMessenger
    from sitemessage.messengers.xmpp import XMPPSleekMessenger
    
    
    # We register two messengers to deliver emails and jabber messages.
    register_messenger_objects(
        SMTPMessenger('user1@host.com', 'user1', 'user1password', host='smtp.host.com', use_tls=True),
        XMPPSleekMessenger('user1@jabber.host.com', 'user1password', 'jabber.host.com'),
    )
    
    # Or you may want to define your own message type for further usage.
    class MyMessage(MessageBase):
    
        alias = 'myxmpp'
        supported_messengers = ['xmppsleek']
    
        @classmethod
        def create(cls, message: str):
            cls(message).schedule(cls.recipients('xmppsleek', ['a@some.tld', 'b@some.tld', ]))
    
    register_message_types(MyMessage)
    
  2. Schedule messages for delivery when and where needed (e.g. in a view):

    from sitemessage.shortcuts import schedule_email, schedule_jabber_message
    from .sitemessages import MyFbMessage
    
    
    def send_messages_view(request):
        ...
        # Suppose `user_model` is a recipient User Model instance.
        user1_model = ...
    
        # Schedule both email and jabber messages to delivery.
        schedule_email('Email from sitemessage.', [user1_model, 'user2@host.com'])
        schedule_jabber_message('Jabber message from sitetree', ['user1@jabber.host.com', 'user2@jabber.host.com'])
        ...
    
        # Or if you want to send your message type:
        MyMessage.create('Hi there!')
    
  3. Periodically run Django management command from wherever you like (cli, cron, Celery, uWSGI, etc.):

    ./manage.py sitemessage_send_scheduled