Improve on mail view

mail/functions.py

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from django.core.mail import send_mail

mail/views.py

@@ -1,11 +1,54 @@
 from django.views.generic.base import ContextMixin
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+from django.template.exceptions import TemplateDoesNotExist
+from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
+
+from html.parser import HTMLParser
+
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 class MailView(ContextMixin):
-    def render_html(**kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, template_name=None, html_template_name=None, text_template_name=None):
-        context = self.get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        self.html_template_name = html_template_name
-        return render_to_string(self.html_template_name, context)
+        self.text_template_name = text_template_name
 
-    def render_text(**kwargs):
+        if self._template_name := template_name:
-        context = self.get_context_data(**kwargs)
+            if len(template_name.split("/")[-1].split(".")[-1] in ("html", "txt")):
-        return render_to_string(self.text_template_name, context)
+                basename = template_name.rsplit(".", 1)[0]
+            else:
+                basename = template_name
+
+            for ext in ("html", "txt"):
+                try:
+                    path = f"{basename}.{ext}"
+                    render_to_string(path)
+                    if ext == "html":
+                        self.html_template_name = self.html_template_name or path
+                    else:
+                        self.text_template_name = self.text_template_name or path
+                except TemplateDoesNotExist:
+                    pass
+
+    def render_to_html(self, **kwargs):
+        if self.html_template_name:
+            context = self.get_context_data(**kwargs)
+            return render_to_string(self.html_template_name, context)
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def render_to_text(self, from_html=False, **kwargs):
+        if self.text_template_name:
+            context = self.get_context_data(**kwargs)
+            return render_to_string(self.text_template_name, context)
+        else:
+            if from_html and html := self.render_to_html(**kwargs):
+                return BeautifulSoup(html).get_text()
+
+        return None
+
+    def send(self, subject, recipient, context={}, attachments=[], sender=None, cc=[], bcc=[], text_from_html=False):
+        text = self.render_to_text(text_from_html, **context)
+        email = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, text, sender, [recipient], cc=cc, bcc=bcc, attachments=attachments)
+        if html := self.render_to_html(**context):
+            email.attach_alternative(html, "text/html")
+        email.send()