1 """

     2 Backend for test environment.

     3 """

     4 

     5 from django.core import mail

     6 from django.core.mail.backends.base import BaseEmailBackend

     7 

     8 class EmailBackend(BaseEmailBackend):

     9     """A email backend for use during test sessions.

    10 

    11     The test connection stores email messages in a dummy outbox,

    12     rather than sending them out on the wire.

    13 

    14     The dummy outbox is accessible through the outbox instance attribute.

    15     """

    16     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):

    17         super(EmailBackend, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    18         if not hasattr(mail, 'outbox'):

    19             mail.outbox = []

    20 

    21     def send_messages(self, messages):

    22         """Redirect messages to the dummy outbox"""

    23         mail.outbox.extend(messages)

    24         return len(messages)