Djoser override activation email with template - python-3.x

Question

I've been scouring for more information about how to do this, but there seems to be little to no documentation help.
Essentially want I want to do is make a new template for the activation email so the link can start with localhost:3000 instead of localhost:8000 (I'm using Vue for the frontend post request that's why)
I managed to find this: https://github.com/sunscrapers/djoser/blob/master/djoser/templates/email/activation.html
but when I added it to my own project, the default Djoser template is still being used.
This is how my settings.py looks like:
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
My activation URL which works if the 8000 is replaced by 3000 manually:
'ACTIVATION_URL': 'registration/activate/{uid}/{token}',
templates/email/activation.html:
{% block subject %}
{% blocktrans %}Account activation on {{ site_name }}{% endblocktrans %}
{% endblock subject %}
{% block text_body %}
{% blocktrans %}You're receiving this email becaus!!!!!!e you need to finish activation process on {{ site_name }}.{% endblocktrans %}
{% trans "Please go to the following page to activate account:" %}
{{ http }}://{{ localhost:3000 }}/{{ {% url 'registration/activate' uidb64=uid token=token %} }}
{% trans "Thanks for using our site!" %}

Answer 1

I suppose you need to override email.ActivationEmail, for example to core/email.py
from djoser import email
class ActivationEmail(email.ActivationEmail):
template_name = 'email/activation.html'
and add it to your settings.py
DJOSER = {
'EMAIL': {
'activation': 'core.email.ActivationEmail'
}
}
Here are emails which can be overwritten link

Answer 2

You can configure the DOMAIN and SITE_NAME in the settings.py file instead of changing the template.
Just put DOMAIN = ('localhost:3000') and SITE_NAME = ('YOUR_SITE_NAME')
DOMAIN = ('localhost:3000')
SITE_NAME = ('YOUR_SITE_NAME')
DJOSER = {
...
}
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/62586798/6568539 (I found that we don't need to use "config" as mentioned in this answer)

Answer 3

Without changing the Djoser email classes and settings.py, You can override the html templates in your project's template directory using the concepts here
You just simply have to create a new folder named email in your 'templates' folder and in it create html files with the exact names for the email templates that you would want to customize/override.
For example if you want to customize the password reset email, your custom file path should resemble this :
projectName/templates/email/password_reset.html
Here is a full list of all the Djoser email templates that you can customize

Answer 4

I found this closed thread and it did do the job of allowing me to render out a custom template. Might want to check this

Answer 5

the answer from Pavlo Naumenko works for me too so thanks a lot. But just a small note: I have to change the name of the file (I couldn't use "activation.html" on my own template). If I use it, django keeps sending the default template. Don't know why.
In case someone happens that too. I was using django 3.2.3 with djoser 2.1.0

Answer 6

it's working! I've just changed activation.html file in
~/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/djoser/templates/email
without any other changes