Updated the smtp client object handling logic by thread local client variable

main.py

@@ -13,11 +13,18 @@ from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 
 import cherrypy
 import logging
+import threading
+
 
 logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout,
                     format='%(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
 
 
+def soft_return(msg):
+    time.sleep(0.2)
+    return(msg)
+
+
 class SMTPWebhookApp:
     """
     SMTP webhook server
@@ -49,32 +56,48 @@ class SMTPWebhookApp:
         body = req_body['body']
         to_mail = req_body['to_mail']
 
-        try:
-            client = smtplib.SMTP(host=SMTP_SERVER_HOST, port=SMTP_SERVER_PORT)
-        except (smtplib.SMTPConnectionError, TimeoutError) as e:
-            time.sleep(0.2)
-            logging.error("To: {}, error: {}".format(to_mail, e))
-            return {"status": 400, "message": "SMTP client error: {}.".format(
-                    e)}
-
         msg = MIMEText(body, 'plain', 'utf-8')
         msg['Subject'] = Header(subject, 'utf-8')
         msg['From'] = FROM_MAIL
         msg['To'] = to_mail
+
+        c = 0
+        while (c < 2):
             try:
-            client.ehlo()
-            client.starttls()
-            client.ehlo()
-            client.login(msg["From"], FROM_MAIL_PASSWORD)
-            client.sendmail(msg['From'], msg['To'], msg.as_string())
+                mythread.client.sendmail(msg['From'],
+                                         msg['To'], msg.as_string())
                 response = {"status": 200, "message": "mail sent successfully"}
-            logging.info("To: {}, mail sent successfully".format(to_mail))
+            except (AttributeError, ValueError,
+                    smtplib.SMTPServerDisconnected):
+                if (c == 1):
+                    soft_return("can't connect")
+                try:
+                    print("- - - - - CREATING CLIENT - - - - -")
+                    mythread.client = smtplib.SMTP(host=SMTP_SERVER_HOST,
+                                                   port=SMTP_SERVER_PORT)
+                    mythread.client.starttls()
+                except (smtplib.SMTPException, TimeoutError) as e:
+                    soft_return("can't connect")
+                    response = {"status": 500,
+                                "message": "some error: {}".format(e)}
+                    print("response1: ", response)
+
+                try:
+                    mythread.client.login(msg["From"], FROM_MAIL_PASSWORD)
                 except smtplib.SMTPException as e:
-            time.sleep(0.2)
-            logging.error("To: {}, error: {}".format(to_mail, e))
-            response = {"status": 500, "message": "some error: {}".format(e)}
+                    soft_return(e)
+                    response = {"status": 500,
+                                "message": "some error: {}".format(e)}
+                    print("response2: ", response)
+
+            except smtplib.SMTPException as e:
+                soft_return("can't send for some reason")
+                response = {"status": 500,
+                            "message": "some error: {}".format(e)}
+                print("response3: ", response)
             finally:
-            client.quit()
+                c += 1
+
         return response
 
     @cherrypy.expose
@@ -89,7 +112,6 @@ class SMTPWebhookApp:
 
 
 ROOT = SMTPWebhookApp()
-
 SMTP_SERVER_PORT = 587
 CHERRYPY_SERVER_HOST = "0.0.0.0"
 CHERRYPY_SERVER_PORT = 8081
@@ -109,6 +131,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     ENGINE = cherrypy.engine
 
     cherrypy.tree.mount(ROOT, config={})
+    mythread = threading.local()
+    mythread.client = smtplib.SMTP(host=SMTP_SERVER_HOST,
+                                   port=SMTP_SERVER_PORT)
+    mythread.client.starttls()
 
     if hasattr(ENGINE, "signal_handler"):
         ENGINE.signal_handler.subscribe()