Django outlook email backend

Outlook api email backend for Django

First steps

Retrieve the client id, client secret and tenant id from the Azure portal. Follow this documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/authentication-authorization-overview Add the Mail.send permision to the app in the Azure portal.

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Django 5.0, 4.2

Installation

Install using pip...

pip install django-outlook-email-backend

Add 'OUTLOOK_CREDENTIALS' in settings.py

OUTLOOK_CREDENTIALS = {
    'OUTLOOK_CLIENT_ID': "XXXXX",
    'OUTLOOK_CLIENT_SECRET': "XXXXX",
    'OUTLOOK_TENANT_ID': "XXXXX",
}

Add 'EMAIL_BACKEND' in settings.py

EMAIL_BACKEND = "django_outlook_email.django_outlook_email_backend.OutlookEmailBackend"

if you want to use json instead of mime add the following line in settings.py

OUTLOOK_CREDENTIALS["OUTLOOK_SEND_FORMAT"] = "json"