tethys 3.2+ portal_config.yml issue

[HBW]

I'm trying to use the ADMIN settings in the portal_config.yml file to send emails to Admins and Managers  using mail_managers(subject, message) and mail_admins(subject, message) defined at 'site-packages/django/core/mail/__init__.py' but if i use the list format (defined at Django settings ADMIN):

 ADMIN:  [('First', 'First...@example.com'), ('Second', 'Second...@example.com')]

the application throws an error:

File "/opt/miniconda3/envs/tethys/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yaml/parser.py", line 484, in parse_flow_sequence_entry

    "expected ',' or ']', but got %r" % token.id, token.start_mark)

yaml.parser.ParserError: while parsing a flow sequence

  in "/.tethys/portal_config.yml"

Does someone know what the format should be? I have tried several formats without success. I did use this format in the tethys_portal.settings.py and I can send email but the Tethys documents state not to put your setting there. 

 

[swainn]

Thanks for posting your question. Based on the error message, it would seem that you are missing a comma (",") or square bracket ("]"). The example above seems correct, but I'm guessing that's not exactly what you have in your portal_config.yml. Can you share exactly what you have in the portal_config.yml that is giving you this error?

You may also want to try the YAML list format:

settings:

  ADMIN:

    - ('First', 'First...@example.com')

    - ('Second', 'Second...@example.com')

[HBW]

Thank you for the assistance, after several rounds of testing I found the the format needs to be:

 ADMIN:

    - ['First', 'First...@example.com']

    - ['Second', 'Second...@example.com']

[swainn]

Ah yes, that's right. I don't think YAML supports using the tuple syntax. So the workaround is usually to convert tuples to lists. Sorry for not thinking of that sooner. Glad you figured it out.