How to config your flask for gmail

To configure Flask for Gmail, follow these steps:

1. Import the necessary modules:
2. Import the Flask class from the flask module.

3. Import the flask_mail extension from the flask_mail module.

4. Create an instance of the Flask application:

5. Use the Flask(__name__) constructor to create an instance of the Flask application.

6. Configure the Mail settings:

7. Set the MAIL_SERVER configuration variable to "smtp.gmail.com".
8. Set the MAIL_PORT configuration variable to 587.
9. Set the MAIL_USE_TLS configuration variable to True.
10. Set the MAIL_USERNAME configuration variable to your Gmail email address.

11. Set the MAIL_PASSWORD configuration variable to your Gmail password or an app password if you have two-factor authentication enabled.

12. Initialize the Mail extension:

13. Create an instance of the Mail class and pass the Flask application instance as an argument.

14. Use the mail.init_app(app) method to initialize the Mail extension.

15. Send an email:

16. Create a route in your Flask application to handle sending emails.
17. Inside the route, create a message using the Message class from the flask_mail module.
18. Set the recipients attribute of the message to the email address you want to send the email to.
19. Set the subject attribute of the message to the subject of the email.
20. Set the body attribute of the message to the body of the email.
21. Use the mail.send(message) method to send the email.

Please note that you may need to enable "Less Secure Apps" in your Gmail account settings or generate an app password if you have two-factor authentication enabled.