flask-mail AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'send'

Question

I am trying to use flask.ext.mail to send email, however I am getting the following error. I followed a number of tutorials and they all seem to be doing the same thing, I have been looking around to see if anyone is getting this error and haven't found it.: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1836, in __call__ return self.wsgi_app(environ, start_response) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site xpackages/flask/app.py", line 1820, in wsgi_app response = self.make_response(self.handle_exception(e)) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1403, in handle_exception reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1817, in wsgi_app response = self.full_dispatch_request() File "/Library/Frameworks/Pyt…

Accepted Answer

You named your view `mail` as well:

```
  File "....", line 27, in mail
```

This is found when you refer to `mail` in your view, not the `Mail()` instance. Rename the view or rename the reference to the `Mail()` object.

Rename your view to `send_mail` for example:

```
def send_mail():
    email = request.args.get('email')
    name = request.args.get('name')
    message = request.args.get('message')
    msg = Message("Message from your site",
                  sender=email,
                  recipients=["aaronwishnick@gmail.com"])
    msg.body = message
    mail.send(msg)
```

flask-mail AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'send'

Solution

Problem