added .env file

.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Example SMTP Configuration for Holy Flavors
+# Rename this file to .env and fill in your details to enable email sending.
+
+# --- Required for SMTP ---
+EMAIL_HOST=smtp.example.com
+EMAIL_PORT=587
+EMAIL_HOST_USER=your-email@example.com
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=your-app-password
+
+# --- Optional (defaults are usually fine) ---
+# EMAIL_USE_TLS=true

.gitignore

@@ -36,7 +36,5 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Environment variables
 .env
-.env.local
+.env.*
-.env.development.local
+!.env.example
-.env.test.local
-.env.production.local

backend/holy_backend/settings.py

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/topics/settings/
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/
 """
-
 from pathlib import Path
+import os
+
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -147,16 +148,22 @@ CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
     "http://127.0.0.1:5173",
 ]
 
+import os
+# ... (near top of file)
+
 # Email (SMTP)
-# For development, print to console. 
+# For production, set these via environment variables.
-# In production, set these via environment variables.
+# For development, it will default to printing emails to the console.
-EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
+EMAIL_HOST = os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST')
-# EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+EMAIL_PORT = int(os.environ.get('EMAIL_PORT', 587))
-# EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.example.com'
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get('EMAIL_USE_TLS', 'true').lower() == 'true'
-# EMAIL_PORT = 587
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_USER')
-# EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD')
-# EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'user'
+
-# EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'password'
+if EMAIL_HOST:
+    EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+else:
+    EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
 
 # Swagger
 SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {

docker-compose.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ services:
       context: ./backend
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
+    env_file:
+      - ./.env
     volumes:
       - ./backend:/app
     environment: