draft email

Author: marcoacierno

backend/notifications/models.py

@@ -211,18 +211,17 @@ def render(
             placeholders=placeholders,
         )
 
-    def send_email(
+    def _prepare_email(
         self,
         *,
         recipient: User | None = None,
         recipient_email: str | None = None,
         placeholders: dict = None,
+        status: "SentEmail.Status" | None = None,
     ):
         if not recipient and not recipient_email:
             raise ValueError("Either recipient or recipient_email must be provided")
 
-        from notifications.tasks import send_pending_email
-
         recipient_email = recipient_email or recipient.email
 
         placeholders = placeholders or {}
@@ -236,7 +235,8 @@ def send_email(
                 or settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
             )
 
-        sent_email = SentEmail.objects.create(
+        return SentEmail.objects.create(
+            status=status or SentEmail.Status.draft,
             email_template=self,
             conference=self.conference,
             from_email=from_email,
@@ -252,6 +252,34 @@ def send_email(
             bcc_addresses=self.bcc_addresses,
         )
 
+    def draft_email(
+        self,
+        *,
+        recipient: User | None = None,
+        recipient_email: str | None = None,
+        placeholders: dict = None,
+    ):
+        return self._prepare_email(
+            recipient=recipient,
+            recipient_email=recipient_email,
+            placeholders=placeholders,
+        )
+
+    def send_email(
+        self,
+        *,
+        recipient: User | None = None,
+        recipient_email: str | None = None,
+        placeholders: dict = None,
+    ):
+        from notifications.tasks import send_pending_email
+
+        sent_email = self._prepare_email(
+            status=SentEmail.Status.pending,
+            recipient=recipient,
+            recipient_email=recipient_email,
+            placeholders=placeholders,
+        )
         transaction.on_commit(lambda: send_pending_email.delay(sent_email.id))
 
     @property