Email and Django Q Configuration 📧

Email Configuration 📧

Proper email configuration is crucial for the sending email and for the appointment reminder functionality. Add the following to your settings.py:

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'your_smtp_host'
EMAIL_PORT = 587 # or 465 for EMAIL_USE_SSL
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True # or EMAIL_USE_SSL = True
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'your_email@example.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your_email_password'

# Optional: Set your website name for email footer
APPOINTMENT_WEBSITE_NAME = 'Your Website Name'

Note: Make sure to use environment variables or a secure method to store sensitive information like email passwords in production.

Django Q Configuration 📧

Django-Appointment uses Django Q for sending email reminders. This feature is optional but recommended for better performance and user experience.

Setting up Django Q

1. Install Django Q:

   pip install django_q2
   

2. Add 'django_q' to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
       # ...
       'django_q',
   ]
   

3. Configure Django Q in your settings.py:

   Q_CLUSTER = {
       'name': 'django-appointment',
       'workers': 4,
       'timeout': 90,
       'retry': 120,
       'queue_limit': 50,
       'bulk': 10,
       'orm': 'default',
   }
   USE_DJANGO_Q_FOR_EMAILS = True  # Use Django Q for sending ALL emails
   

4. Start the Django Q cluster:

   python manage.py qcluster
   

Note: If you choose not to use Django Q, email reminders will not be sent, but the rest of the application will function normally.