Substituting an email address with a reference in a web2py emailing form

[mostwanted]

I've created an emailing form in my application but have substituted where the email goes with a reference that contains the email, the problem is that now the email is not being sent unless i write a proper explicit email address. Whats the difference between writing an explicit email address & using a variable that supposedly contains the email? I have to use the referencing variable as I currently am because different registered users get to log in & send emails, its not just one user. How can I solve this problem???

CODE

def contact_us():
    details=db.hotel_profile(request.args(0, cast=int))
    form = SQLFORM.factory(
    Field('name', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
    Field('cell_number', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
    Field('email', requires =[ IS_EMAIL(error_message='invalid email!'), IS_NOT_EMPTY() ]),
    Field('subject', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
    Field('message', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY(), type='text')
    )
    if form.process().accepted:
        mail.send(to='details.email_address',
                  #subject='contact request from %(your_name)s %(email)s'  % form.vars,
                  subject=form.vars.subject,
                  message = '%(message)s \nName: %(name)s \nEmail Address: %(email)s \nCell Number: %(cell_number)s' % form.vars)
        response.flash = T('Thank you, your form was submitted')
        #redirect(URL('index'))
    return dict(form=form)

Regards;

Mostwanted

[Scott Hunter]

Did you try removing the quotes around the address?

- Scott

[mostwanted]

I did try  it without the quotes & it still gave me an error!

[Scott Hunter]

What error did it give you?  Are you sure `details.email_address` is defined?

[mostwanted]

I am sure details.email_address is defined, I double checked.

I redefined my code & added the highlighted lines,  now everytime i send the email response flashes an error message. How can I get it to tell me the exact error??

def contact_us():
    details=db.hotel_profile(request.args(0, cast=int))
    form = SQLFORM.factory(
    Field('name', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
    Field('cell_number', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
    Field('email', requires =[ IS_EMAIL(error_message='invalid email!'), IS_NOT_EMPTY() ]),
    Field('subject', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
    Field('message', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY(), type='text')
    )
   


    sent = False
    if form.process().accepted:
        sent = mail.send(to='details.email_address',
                  #subject='contact request from %(your_name)s %(email)s'  % form.vars,


                  subject=form.vars.subject,
                  message = '%(message)s \nName: %(name)s \nEmail Address: %(email)s \nCell Number: %(cell_number)s' % form.vars)


    response.flash = T('Thank you, your form was submitted')
   

    if not sent:
        response.flash = 'Error sending message!!!'        
    return dict(form=form)


Regards;

[villas]

If details.email_address is a var,  then it shouldn't be in quotes. To avoid any doubt, just use a str:  'myt...@validemail.com'

General approach: "first get it working,  then improve it".  Maybe this will help...

def contact_us():
    details=db.hotel_profile(request.args(0, cast=int))
    form = SQLFORM.factory(
        Field('name', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
        Field('cell_number', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
        Field('email', requires =[ IS_EMAIL(error_message='invalid email!'), IS_NOT_EMPTY() ]),
        Field('subject', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
        Field('message', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY(), type='text')
    )


    if form.process().accepted:
        if mail.send(to = 'myt...@validemail.com',
                     subject = 'Simple Subject',
                     message = 'My test message!'):

            response.flash = T('Thank you, your form was submitted')

        else: