Ability to programmatically create message?

[thomastruett]

Am I missing this by chance? I would love this feature.

[andytwoods]

I use the below to bulk send messages. Afraid you'll need to tease apart messages and email-messages. You could reciprocate the favour by augmenting the docs :)

def email_and_message_users(messages):
    message_list = []

    user_ids = []
    for message in messages:
        user_ids.append(message['recipient_user_id'])

    users = {}
    for user in User.objects.filter(id__in=user_ids):
        users[user.id] = user

    for message in messages:
        recipient_user_id = int(message['recipient_user_id'])

        try:
            recipient_user = users[recipient_user_id]
        except KeyError:
            logger.error(f'Tried to send email but user doesnt exist. Email: { dumps(message) }. '
                         f'User: { recipient_user_id }')
            continue

        try:
            subject = message['subject']
            text = message['message']
            email_message = message.get('email_message', text)

            if 'sender' in message:
                sender = message['sender']
                sender_user = User.objects.get(id=sender)
            else:
                sender = settings.EMAIL_SITE
                sender_user = recipient_user

            my_message = Message(subject=subject,
                                 body=mark_safe(text),
                                 sender=sender_user,
                                 recipient=recipient_user)

            message_list.append(my_message)

            http_message = {'html_message': email_message} if 'http' in email_message else {}

            send_mail(
                subject=subject,
                message=email_message,
                from_email=sender,
                recipient_list=[recipient_user.email],
                fail_silently=False,
                **http_message
            )
        except KeyError:
            logger.error(f'Missing key. Email: { dumps(message) }. '
                         f'User: { recipient_user_id }')

    if len(message_list) > 0:
        Message.objects.bulk_create(message_list)