+ request_status['SFA authority'] = {'status': True }
+
+ # getting user email based on id
+ ## RAW SQL queries on Django DB- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/sql/
+ for user in PendingAuthority.objects.raw('SELECT * FROM portal_pendingauthority WHERE id = %s', [request['id']]):
+ user_email= user.address_line1 # XXX address_line1 field contains the email [shd be renamed in DB]
+ site_name = user.site_name
+ city = user.address_city
+ country = user.address_country
+ short_name = user.site_abbreviated_name
+ url = user.site_url
+
+ ctx = {
+ 'site_name': site_name,
+ 'short_name': short_name,
+ 'url': url,
+ 'city': city,
+ 'country': country,
+ 'portal_url' : current_site,
+ }
+
+ try:
+ theme.template_name = 'authority_request_denied.txt'
+ text_content = render_to_string(theme.template, ctx)
+ theme.template_name = 'authority_request_denied.html'
+ html_content = render_to_string(theme.template, ctx)
+ theme.template_name = 'email_default_sender.txt'
+ sender = render_to_string(theme.template, ctx)
+ sender = sender.replace('\n', '')
+ subject = 'Authority request denied.'
+ msg = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, text_content, sender, [user_email])
+ msg.attach_alternative(html_content, "text/html")
+ msg.send()
+ except Exception, e:
+ print "Failed to send email, please check the mail templates and the SMTP configuration of your server"
+