}

Flask-Security error: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'send'

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The problem

When you use flask-security registration, you get the following error:

        mail = current_app.extensions.get('mail')
>       mail.send(msg)
E       AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'send'

../.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/envs/ipchronos/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask_security/utils.py:401: AttributeError

Solution

Flask-security uses flask-mail to send emails. Since flask-mail is optional you get the previous error because you need to configure flask-mail:

First install it with:

pip install Flask-Mail

Then configure your flask app:

mail = Mail()
app = Flask(__name__)
mail.init_app(app)

Flask-Mail is configured through the standard Flask config API:

  • MAIL_SERVER : default ‘localhost’
  • MAIL_PORT : default 25
  • MAIL_USE_TLS : default False
  • MAIL_USE_SSL : default False
  • MAIL_DEBUG : default app.debug
  • MAIL_USERNAME : default None
  • MAIL_PASSWORD : default None
  • MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER : default None
  • MAIL_MAX_EMAILS : default None
  • MAIL_SUPPRESS_SEND : default app.testing