Added mailhog email server

docker-compose.yml

@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ services:
       - ./nextjs-frontend:/app
       - nextjs-node-modules:/app/node_modules
       - ./local-shared-data:/app/shared-data
+  mailhog:
+    image: mailhog/mailhog
+    ports:
+      - "1025:1025" # SMTP server
+      - "8025:8025" # Web UI
+    networks:
+      - my_network
 
 volumes:
   postgres_data:

fastapi_backend/.env.example

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Local database (replace localhost with db if you are using docker)
 DATABASE_URL=postgresql+asyncpg://postgres:password@localhost:5432/mydatabase
 
-# Test database
+# Test database(replace localhost with db_test if you are using docker)
 TEST_DATABASE_URL=postgresql+asyncpg://postgres:password@localhost:5433/testdatabase
 
 
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@ VERIFICATION_SECRET_KEY=your_verification_secret_key
 # OpenAPI genrated file output path
 OPENAPI_OUTPUT_FILE=../nextjs-frontend/openapi.json
 
-# Email
-MAIL_USERNAME=[email protected]
-MAIL_PASSWORD=your_email_app_password
-MAIL_FROM=[email protected]
-MAIL_SERVER=your_smtp_server.com
+
+# Localhost Email configuration (replace localhost with mailhog if you are using docker)
+MAIL_USERNAME=test
+MAIL_PASSWORD=test
+MAIL_FROM=[email protected]
+MAIL_PORT=1025
+MAIL_SERVER=localhost
+MAIL_STARTTLS=False
+MAIL_SSL_TLS=False
+USE_CREDENTIALS=False
 
 # Frontend (NextJS)
 FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:3000

fastapi_backend/app/config.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     MAIL_PASSWORD: str | None = None
     MAIL_FROM: str | None = None
     MAIL_SERVER: str | None = None
-    MAIL_PORT: int = 587
+    MAIL_PORT: int | None = None
     MAIL_FROM_NAME: str = "FastAPI template"
     MAIL_STARTTLS: bool = True
     MAIL_SSL_TLS: bool = False