contact form in web2py

gistfile1.py

'''
Here's a suggested revision with following changes:
1) Renamed field "message" as that is a reserved keyword in some dbs (must remember to change form.vars.message to form.vars.form_message in the call to send or it will be null and you get a nasty error, in 2.14.6 at least)
2) Checks if email actually sent, as otherwise the notification is erroneous.
3) Added reply_to, which helps.
3) Changed to use modern string formatting, just because.
4) Changed to not use flash message unless there's an error, because I think its nicer, but you may disagree :-)
'''

# append to scaffoling models/db.py
db.define_table('contact', 
   Field('your_name',requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
   Field('email',requires=IS_EMAIL()),
   Field('form_message','text', label='Message'))

# append to scaffolding controllers/default.py
def contact_us():
    form = SQLFORM(db.contact_form)
    sent = False
    if form.process().accepted:
        sent = mail.send(to='[email protected]', 
                subject='auto-contact {name} {email}'.format(**form.vars),
                reply_to=form.vars.email,
                message=form.vars.form_message
                )
        if not sent:
            session.flash = 'Error sending message, please use email.'
    return dict(form=form, sent=sent)

# views/default/contact_us.html
{{extend 'layout.html'}}
{{if sent:}}
  <p>Form submitted, thank you.</p>
{{else:}}
  {{=form}}
{{pass}}

#Configure the email in private/appconfig.ini. The database table will be create automatically. Runs on VPS and Google App Engine, with any SQL engine, MongoDB, and Google Datastore. Uses bootstrap 3 by default.