Email verification by sending otp

[sanchit36]

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[ramyak-mehra]

Wrote something a while back you can take bits and pieces from this

@receiver(post_save, sender=Student)
 def send_cofirm_email(sender , instance , created , **kwargs):
     if created:
         sent = signup(instance)
         if not sent:
             raise Exception('Email Verification Not Sent')

def signup(student):
    mail_subject = 'Activate your blog account.'
    message = render_to_string('users/account_activate_email.html', {
        'user': student.user,
        'domain': 'localhost:8000',
        'uid': urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(student.pk)),
        'token': student.token,
    })
    to_email = student.user.email
    email = EmailMessage(
        mail_subject, message, to=[to_email]
    )
    email.send()
    return True

def activate_account(request, uidb64, token):
    try:
        uid = force_text(urlsafe_base64_decode(uidb64))
        student = Student.objects.get(pk=uid)
    except(TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, Student.DoesNotExist):
        student = None
    print(token)

    if student is not None and str(token) == str(student.token):
        student.user.is_active = True
        student.user.save()
        return HttpResponse('Thank you for your email confirmation. Now you can login your account.')
    else:
        raise Exception('Activation link is invalid!')