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Prerequisites

To get the most out of this guide, you’ll need to:

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1. Setup your environment

Create and activate your new virtualenv. 
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Install dependencies. 
pip install -r requirements.txt
Set your RESEND_API_KEY environment variable by running. 
export RESEND_API_KEY="re_xxxxxxxxx"

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2. Send email using Django’s SMTP EmailMessage

Set the necessary attributes in your settings.py file. 
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
RESEND_SMTP_PORT = 587
RESEND_SMTP_USERNAME = 'resend'
RESEND_SMTP_HOST = 'smtp.resend.com'
Use Django’s get_connection and EmailMessage 
import os
from django.conf import settings
from django.http import JsonResponse
from django.core.mail import EmailMessage, get_connection

# Sample Django view
def index(request):

    subject = "Hello from Django SMTP"
    recipient_list = ["delivered@resend.dev"]
    from_email = "onboarding@resend.dev"
    message = "<strong>it works!</strong>"

    with get_connection(
        host=settings.RESEND_SMTP_HOST,
        port=settings.RESEND_SMTP_PORT,
        username=settings.RESEND_SMTP_USERNAME,
        password=os.environ["RESEND_API_KEY"],
        use_tls=True,
        ) as connection:
            r = EmailMessage(
                  subject=subject,
                  body=message,
                  to=recipient_list,
                  from_email=from_email,
                  connection=connection).send()
    return JsonResponse({"status": "ok"})

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3. Try it yourself

Django SMTP Example

See the full source code.