The AWS SDK for JavaScript version 3 (v3) is a rewrite of v2 with some great new features, including modular architecture. For more information, see the AWS SDK for JavaScript v3 Developer Guide.
Sending Email Using Amazon SES
This Node.js code example shows:
Send a text or HTML email.
Send emails based on an email template.
Send bulk emails based on an email template.
The Amazon SES API provides two different ways for you to send an email, depending on how much control you want over the composition of the email message: formatted and raw. For details, see Sending Formatted Email Using the Amazon SES API and Sending Raw Email Using the Amazon SES API.
The Scenario
In this example, you use a series of Node.js modules to send email in a variety of
ways. The Node.js modules use the SDK for JavaScript to create and use email templates using
these methods of the AWS.SES
client class:
Prerequisite Tasks
Install Node.js. For more information about installing Node.js, see the Node.js website
. Create a shared configurations file with your user credentials. For more information about providing a credentials JSON file, see Loading Credentials in Node.js from the Shared Credentials File.
Email Message Sending Requirements
Amazon SES composes an email message and immediately queues it for sending. To send email using the SES.sendEmail
method, your message must meet the following requirements:
You must send the message from a verified email address or domain. If you attempt to send email using a non-verified address or domain, the operation results in an
"Email address not verified"
error.If your account is still in the Amazon SES sandbox, you can only send to verified addresses or domains, or to email addresses associated with the Amazon SES Mailbox Simulator. For more information, see Verifying Email Addresses and Domains in the Amazon Simple Email Service Developer Guide.
The total size of the message, including attachments, must be smaller than 10 MB.
The message must include at least one recipient email address. The recipient address can be a To: address, a CC: address, or a BCC: address. If a recipient email address is invalid (that is, it is not in the format
UserName@[SubDomain.]Domain.TopLevelDomain
), the entire message is rejected, even if the message contains other recipients that are valid.The message cannot include more than 50 recipients, across the To:, CC: and BCC: fields. If you need to send an email message to a larger audience, you can divide your recipient list into groups of 50 or fewer, and then call the
sendEmail
method several times to send the message to each group.
Sending an Email
In this example, use a Node.js module to send email with Amazon SES. Create a Node.js module with the file name ses_sendemail.js
. Configure the SDK as previously shown.
Create an object to pass the parameter values that define the email to be sent, including sender and receiver addresses, subject, email body in plain text and HTML formats, to the
sendEmail
method of the AWS.SES
client class. To call the sendEmail
method, create a promise for invoking an Amazon SES service object, passing the parameters.
Then handle the response
in the promise callback.
// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js var AWS = require('aws-sdk'); // Set the region AWS.config.update({region: 'REGION'}); // Create sendEmail params var params = { Destination: { /* required */ CcAddresses: [ 'EMAIL_ADDRESS', /* more items */ ], ToAddresses: [ 'EMAIL_ADDRESS', /* more items */ ] }, Message: { /* required */ Body: { /* required */ Html: { Charset: "UTF-8", Data: "HTML_FORMAT_BODY" }, Text: { Charset: "UTF-8", Data: "TEXT_FORMAT_BODY" } }, Subject: { Charset: 'UTF-8', Data: 'Test email' } }, Source: 'SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS', /* required */ ReplyToAddresses: [ 'EMAIL_ADDRESS', /* more items */ ], }; // Create the promise and SES service object var sendPromise = new AWS.SES({apiVersion: '2010-12-01'}).sendEmail(params).promise(); // Handle promise's fulfilled/rejected states sendPromise.then( function(data) { console.log(data.MessageId); }).catch( function(err) { console.error(err, err.stack); });
To run the example, type the following at the command line. The email is queued for sending by Amazon SES.
node ses_sendemail.js
This sample code can be found here on GitHub
Sending an Email Using a Template
In this example, use a Node.js module to send email with Amazon SES. Create a Node.js module with the file name
ses_sendtemplatedemail.js
. Configure the SDK as previously shown.
Create an object to pass the parameter values that define the email to be sent, including sender and receiver addresses,
subject, email body in plain text and HTML formats, to the sendTemplatedEmail
method of the AWS.SES
client class. To call the sendTemplatedEmail
method, create a promise for invoking an Amazon SES service object,
passing the parameters. Then handle the response
in the promise callback.
// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js var AWS = require('aws-sdk'); // Set the region AWS.config.update({region: 'REGION'}); // Create sendTemplatedEmail params var params = { Destination: { /* required */ CcAddresses: [ 'EMAIL_ADDRESS', /* more CC email addresses */ ], ToAddresses: [ 'EMAIL_ADDRESS', /* more To email addresses */ ] }, Source: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS', /* required */ Template: 'TEMPLATE_NAME', /* required */ TemplateData: '{ \"REPLACEMENT_TAG_NAME\":\"REPLACEMENT_VALUE\" }', /* required */ ReplyToAddresses: [ 'EMAIL_ADDRESS' ], }; // Create the promise and SES service object var sendPromise = new AWS.SES({apiVersion: '2010-12-01'}).sendTemplatedEmail(params).promise(); // Handle promise's fulfilled/rejected states sendPromise.then( function(data) { console.log(data); }).catch( function(err) { console.error(err, err.stack); });
To run the example, type the following at the command line. The email is queued for sending by Amazon SES.
node ses_sendtemplatedemail.js
This sample code can be found here on GitHub
Sending Bulk Email Using a Template
In this example, use a Node.js module to send email with Amazon SES. Create a Node.js module with the file
name ses_sendbulktemplatedemail.js
. Configure the SDK as previously shown.
Create an object to pass the parameter values that define the email to be sent, including sender and receiver
addresses, subject, email body in plain text and HTML formats, to the sendBulkTemplatedEmail
method of
the AWS.SES
client class. To call the sendBulkTemplatedEmail
method, create a promise for
invoking an Amazon SES service object, passing the parameters. Then handle the response
in the promise callback.
// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js var AWS = require('aws-sdk'); // Set the region AWS.config.update({region: 'REGION'}); // Create sendBulkTemplatedEmail params var params = { Destinations: [ /* required */ { Destination: { /* required */ CcAddresses: [ 'EMAIL_ADDRESS', /* more items */ ], ToAddresses: [ 'EMAIL_ADDRESS', 'EMAIL_ADDRESS' /* more items */ ] }, ReplacementTemplateData: '{ \"REPLACEMENT_TAG_NAME\":\"REPLACEMENT_VALUE\" }' }, ], Source: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS', /* required */ Template: 'TEMPLATE_NAME', /* required */ DefaultTemplateData: '{ \"REPLACEMENT_TAG_NAME\":\"REPLACEMENT_VALUE\" }', ReplyToAddresses: [ 'EMAIL_ADDRESS' ] }; // Create the promise and SES service object var sendPromise = new AWS.SES({apiVersion: '2010-12-01'}).sendBulkTemplatedEmail(params).promise(); // Handle promise's fulfilled/rejected states sendPromise.then( function(data) { console.log(data); }).catch( function(err) { console.log(err, err.stack); });
To run the example, type the following at the command line. The email is queued for sending by Amazon SES.
node ses_sendbulktemplatedemail.js
This sample code can be found here on GitHub