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+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package private
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
+)
+
+// Email structure holds a data for sending general emails
+type Email struct {
+	Subject string
+	Message string
+	To      []string
+}
+
+// SendEmail calls the internal SendEmail function
+//
+// It accepts a list of usernames.
+// If DB contains these users it will send the email to them.
+//
+// If to list == nil its supposed to send an email to every
+// user present in DB
+func SendEmail(subject, message string, to []string) (int, string) {
+	reqURL := setting.LocalURL + "api/internal/mail/send"
+
+	req := newInternalRequest(reqURL, "POST")
+	req = req.Header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	jsonBytes, _ := json.Marshal(Email{
+		Subject: subject,
+		Message: message,
+		To:      to,
+	})
+	req.Body(jsonBytes)
+	resp, err := req.Response()
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Sprintf("Unable to contact gitea: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Sprintf("Response body error: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return http.StatusOK, fmt.Sprintf("Was sent %s from %d", body, len(to))
+}