from threading import Thread from flask import current_app, render_template from flask_mail import Message from . import mail def send_async_email(app, msg): with app.app_context(): mail.send(msg) def send_email(to, subject, template, **kwargs): msg = Message('[Opaque] {}'.format(subject), recipients=[to]) msg.body = render_template(template + '.txt.j2', **kwargs) msg.html = render_template(template + '.html.j2', **kwargs) thread = Thread(target=send_async_email, args=(current_app._get_current_object(), msg)) thread.start() return thread