On Button Click Send Email From Code using Template

Most of the time we need to send an email after successfully completion of some tasks or event. To day I will show you how to send an email in Odoo using button click.

Send Email in Odoo From Code

To send an email in Odoo first of all we need create email template. We can create this email template using following two ways.

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1. By using Email Template Menu Interface
2. By using xml (code)

By using Odoo interface firstly we create a email template by clicking on “Create” button and fill the form.

Here our focus is to create email template using xml. Follow these steps to create email template through code.

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1. Create new xml file in your module
2. Copy below code and past in your newly created xml file
3. Register your newly created xml file in openerp.py

Create Email Template

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<openerp>
	<data>
	<record id="email_template_id_goes_here" model="email.template">
	<field name="name">Email Template Name</field>
	<field name="model_id" ref="model_name_goes_here"></field>
	<!-- <field name="email_from">abc@gmail.com</field> -->
	<!-- <field name="email_cc">${(self.env.user.login)|safe}</field> -->
	<field name="subject">You Email Subject Goes Here</field>
	<field name="body_html"><![CDATA[
	<p><strong>Dear Manager(s)</strong></p>
	<p><strong>Department: --department--</strong></p>
	<p>Please do the following actvities.</p>
	<ol>
	<li>Activity 1 <strong>--variable_holds_dynamic_data_1--</strong>.</li>
	<li>Activity 2 <strong>--variable_holds_dynamic_data_2--</strong>.</li>
	<li>Activity 3 <strong>--variable_holds_dynamic_data_3--</strong>.</li>
	<li>Activity 4 <strong>--variable_holds_dynamic_data_4--</strong>.</li>
	</ol>
	<p>For more information, Please review the product <strong>--product_number_goes_here--</strong>.</p>
	<p>After successfully complestion of above activities, please reply-all to this email thread.</p>
	<p>Regards,</p>
	<p>Department</p>
	<p><strong>--brach--</strong></p>
	]]>
	</field>
	</record>
	</data>
	</openerp>

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Now its time to write button method/function to send an email. Follow these steps to create a button and its event/function. 

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Create a button and handle button method in models.py file

<button string="Send Email" type="object" name="btn_send_email " confirm="Are you sure you want to Send email to students?" />

Send Email From Code using Template

	@api.one
	def btn_send_email(self):
	template_obj = self.env['email.template'].sudo().search([('name','=','Email Template Name')], limit=1)
	if template_obj:
	receipt_list = ['abc@gmail.com','xyz@yahoo.com']
	email_cc = ['test@gmail.com']
	body = template_obj.body_html
	body=body.replace('--department--',self.department_id.name)
	body=body.replace('--variable_holds_dynamic_data_1--',self.field_1)
	body=body.replace('--variable_holds_dynamic_data_2--',self.field_2)
	body=body.replace('--variable_holds_dynamic_data_3--',self.field_3)
	body=body.replace('--variable_holds_dynamic_data_4--',self.field_4)
	body=body.replace('--product_number_goes_here--',self.product_no)
	body=body.replace('--brach--',self.branch.name)
	mail_values = {
	'subject': template_obj.subject,
	'body_html': body,
	'email_to':';'.join(map(lambda x: x, receipt_list)),
	'email_cc':';'.join(map(lambda x: x, email_cc)),
	'email_from': template_obj.email_from,
	}
	create_and_send_email = self.env['mail.mail'].create(mail_values).send()

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