old_contents: from django.shortcuts import redirect
  from django.http import JsonResponse
  from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
  from django.middleware import csrf
  
  from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
  
  
  @api_view(['POST', 'GET'])
  def send_contact_message(request):
      if request.method == 'POST':
          to_address = request.POST.get("to_address", "").split(',')
          from_name = request.POST.get("from_name", "")
          from_address = request.POST.get("from_address", "")
          from_string = '{} <{}>'.format(from_name, from_address)
          subject = request.POST.get("subject", "")
          message_body = request.POST.get("message_body", "")
          csrf_token = request.POST.get("csrfmiddlewaretoken", "")
  
          email = EmailMessage(subject,
                               message_body,
                               'noreply@openstax.org',
                               ["mwharrison@rice.edu"],
                               reply_to=[from_string])
          email.send(fail_silently=False)
  
          #return redirect('/contact-thank-you')
          data = {'subject': subject,
                  'message_body': message_body,
                  'to_address': to_address,
                  'reply_to': [from_string],
                  'from_address': 'noreply@openstax.org',
                  'csrf_token': csrf_token,
                  }
  
          return JsonResponse(data)
      # if this is not posting a message, let's send the csfr token back
      else:
          csrf_token = csrf.get_token(request)
          data = {'csrf_token': csrf_token}
  
          return JsonResponse(data)
  
new_contents: from django.shortcuts import redirect
  from django.http import JsonResponse
  from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
  from django.middleware import csrf
  
  from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
  
  
  @api_view(['POST', 'GET'])
  def send_contact_message(request):
      if request.method == 'POST':
          to_address = request.POST.get("to_address", "").split(',')
          from_name = request.POST.get("from_name", "")
          from_address = request.POST.get("from_address", "")
          from_string = '{} <{}>'.format(from_name, from_address)
          subject = request.POST.get("subject", "")
          message_body = request.POST.get("message_body", "")
          csrf_token = request.POST.get("csrfmiddlewaretoken", "")
  
          email = EmailMessage(subject,
                               message_body,
                               'noreply@openstax.org',
                               to_address,
                               reply_to=[from_string])
          email.send(fail_silently=False)
  
          #return redirect('/contact-thank-you')
          data = {'subject': subject,
                  'message_body': message_body,
                  'to_address': to_address,
                  'reply_to': [from_string],
                  'from_address': 'noreply@openstax.org',
                  'csrf_token': csrf_token,
                  }
  
          return JsonResponse(data)
      # if this is not posting a message, let's send the csfr token back
      else:
          csrf_token = csrf.get_token(request)
          data = {'csrf_token': csrf_token}
  
          return JsonResponse(data)
  
subject: Revert "change to field for testing"