from datetime import datetime from flask import current_app, request, url_for from flask.ext.security.exceptions import UserNotFoundError from flask.ext.security.utils import generate_token, send_mail from werkzeug.local import LocalProxy security = LocalProxy(lambda: current_app.security) logger = LocalProxy(lambda: current_app.logger) def send_confirmation_instructions(user): url = url_for('flask_security.confirm', confirmation_token=user.confirmation_token) confirmation_link = request.url_root[:-1] + url send_mail('Please confirm your email', user.email, 'confirmation_instructions', dict(user=user, confirmation_link=confirmation_link)) def generate_confirmation_token(user): while True: token = generate_token() try: security.datastore.find_user(confirmation_token=token) except UserNotFoundError: break now = datetime.utcnow() if isinstance(user, dict): user['confirmation_token'] = token user['confirmation_sent_at'] = now else: user.confirmation_token = token user.confirmation_sent_at = now return user