added emails status across email calls taking place in views

app/account/views.py

@@ -64,9 +64,14 @@ def register():
             subject='Confirm Your Account',
             template='account/email/confirm',
             user=user,
+            mailTriggerStatus=current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"],
             confirm_link=confirm_link)
-        flash('A confirmation link has been sent to {}.'.format(user.email),
+        if current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"]:
+            flash('A confirmation link has been sent to {}.'.format(user.email),
               'warning')
+        else:
+            flash('You are running in dev or test mode. Your account needs'
+            ' to be confirmed via the command line interface or through the CLI', 'warning')
         return redirect(url_for('main.index'))
     return render_template_with_nav_info('account/register.html', form=form)
 
@@ -106,9 +111,15 @@ def reset_password_request():
                 template='account/email/reset_password',
                 user=user,
                 reset_link=reset_link,
+                mailTriggerStatus=current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"],
                 next=request.args.get('next'))
-        flash('A password reset link has been sent to {}.'.format(
-            form.email.data), 'warning')
+        if current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"]:
+            flash('A password reset link has been sent to {}.'.format(
+                    form.email.data), 'warning')
+        else:
+            flash('You are running in dev or test mode. No emails can be sent'
+                'for this function. Use the admin account'
+                ' (check source code for passwords)', 'warning')
         return redirect(url_for('account.login'))
     return render_template_with_nav_info('account/reset_password.html', form=form)
 
@@ -170,9 +181,15 @@ def change_email_request():
                 # current_user is a LocalProxy, we want the underlying user
                 # object
                 user=current_user._get_current_object(),
+                mailTriggerStatus=current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"],
                 change_email_link=change_email_link)
-            flash('A confirmation link has been sent to {}.'.format(new_email),
+            if current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"]:
+                flash('A confirmation link has been sent to {}.'.format(new_email),
                   'warning')
+            else:
+                flash('You are running in dev or test mode. Your account needs' 
+                ' to be confirmed via the command line interface or through the CLI',
+                'warning')
             return redirect(url_for('main.index'))
         else:
             flash('Invalid email or password.', 'form-error')
@@ -203,8 +220,15 @@ def confirm_request():
         template='account/email/confirm',
         # current_user is a LocalProxy, we want the underlying user object
         user=current_user._get_current_object(),
+        mailTriggerStatus=current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"],
         confirm_link=confirm_link)
-    flash('A new confirmation link has been sent to {}.'.format(current_user.email), 'warning')
+    if current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"]:
+        flash('A new confirmation link has been sent to {}.'.format(
+            current_user.email), 'warning')
+    else:
+        flash('You are running in dev or test mode.'
+        ' Your account needs to be confirmed via the command line'
+        ' interface or through the CLI', 'warning')
     return redirect(url_for('main.index'))
 
 
@@ -266,7 +290,13 @@ def join_from_invite(user_id, token):
             subject='You Are Invited To Join',
             template='account/email/invite',
             user=new_user,
+            mailTriggerStatus=current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"],
             invite_link=invite_link)
+        if not current_app.config["SEND_MAIL_STATUS"]:
+            flash('You are running this application without mail server.'
+                ' This functionnality can\'t work: no email was sent. '
+                'Check the CLI or use SQL commands to confirm the account.', 
+                'warning')
     return redirect(url_for('main.index'))
 
 

app/email.py

@@ -19,13 +19,18 @@ def _async(app, msg):
             logger.warning(str(e))
 
 
-def send_email_async(app, recipient, subject, template, bcc=None, **kwargs):
-    if not isinstance(recipient, list):
-        recipient = [recipient]
-    msg = Message(
-        app.config['EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX'] + ' ' + subject,
-        sender=app.config['EMAIL_SENDER'],
-        recipients=recipient, bcc=bcc)
-    msg.body = render_template(template + '.txt', **kwargs)
-    msg.html = render_template(template + '.html', **kwargs)
-    Thread(target=_async, args=(app, msg)).start()
+def send_email_async(app, recipient, subject, template, bcc=None, mailTriggerStatus=False, **kwargs):
+    if (mailTriggerStatus):
+        if not isinstance(recipient, list):
+            recipient = [recipient]
+        msg = Message(
+            app.config['EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX'] + ' ' + subject,
+            sender=app.config['EMAIL_SENDER'],
+            recipients=recipient, bcc=bcc)
+        msg.body = render_template(template + '.txt', **kwargs)
+        msg.html = render_template(template + '.html', **kwargs)
+        Thread(target=_async, args=(app, msg)).start()
+    else:
+        logger.info('Warning, you are using Pyrrha without mail confirmation.' 
+        ' If you are running it locally or for development purposes, do not worry'
+        ' about this message. If you are using an online version, well, worry about it.')

config.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Config:
     MAIL_USERNAME = os.environ.get('MAIL_USERNAME')
     MAIL_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('MAIL_PASSWORD')
     MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER = os.environ.get('MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER')
+    SEND_MAIL_STATUS = os.environ.get('SEND_MAIL_STATUS', True)
 
     # Admin account
     ADMIN_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('ADMIN_PASSWORD') or 'admin'
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ class DevelopmentConfig(Config):
     ADMIN_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('ADMIN_PASSWORD') or 'admin'
     ADMIN_EMAIL = os.environ.get('ADMIN_EMAIL') or '[email protected]'
     EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = '[{}]'.format(Config.APP_NAME)
+    SEND_MAIL_STATUS = os.environ.get('SEND_MAIL_STATUS', False)
     EMAIL_SENDER = '{app_name} Admin <{email}>'.format(app_name=Config.APP_NAME, email=MAIL_USERNAME)
 
     LEMMATIZERS = [
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ class TestConfig(Config):
     MAIL_USERNAME = os.environ.get('MAIL_USERNAME') or '[email protected]'
     MAIL_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('MAIL_PASSWORD') or 'c3c7cc3c785815a8728a6266745a70db-b6183ad4-c78d7487'
     MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER = os.environ.get('MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER')
+    SEND_MAIL_STATUS = os.environ.get('SEND_MAIL_STATUS', False)
 
     ADMIN_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('ADMIN_PASSWORD') or 'admin'
     ADMIN_EMAIL = os.environ.get('ADMIN_EMAIL') or '[email protected]'