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Amazon SES

The Amazon SES modules allow you to monitor, create, update, send, retrieve, list, and delete the messages, email templates, contact lists, contacts, and configuration sets in your Amazon SES account.

Getting Started with Amazon SES

Prerequisites

[Note] Note

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Boost.space Integrator scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Amazon SES to Boost.space Integrator

To connect your Amazon SES account to Boost.space Integrator you need to obtain the AWS Key, and AWS Secret Key from your Amazon SES account and insert them in the Create a connection dialog in the Boost.space Integrator module.

  1. Log in to your Amazon SES account.

  2. Click your Account Name > My Security Credentials > Access keys (access key ID and secret access key) > Create New Access Key.

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  3. Click Show Access Keyto display the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. Copy and save the provided keys in a safe place.

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  4. Go to Boost.space Integrator and open the Amazon SES module’s Create a connection dialog.

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  5. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.

  6. In the AWS Key and AWS Secret Key fields, enter the Access Key and Secret Access Key values provided in step 3 above.

  7. In the Region field, select your region and click Continue.

The connection has been established.

Message

Send a Message

Sends an email message.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Select a Message Content Type

Select or map the message content-type:

  • HTML

  • Plain Text

  • Template

  • Raw

Subject

Enter (map) the subject line of the message.

HTML Content

Enter (map) the message text in HTML format.

Text Content

Enter (map) the message text in plain text format.

From

Enter (map) the email address from which you want to send the message.

To

Enter (map) the email address to which you want to send the message.

Reply To

Enter (map) the email address to which the recipient can send the reply.

CC

Enter (map) the email addresses to add in the CC (carbon copy) recipients for the email.

Configuration Set Name

Enter (map) the name of the configuration set to use when sending the email.

Contact List Name

Enter (map) the contact list name associated with the contacts in the message.

Topic Name

Enter (map) the topic name associated with the message.

Feedback Forwarding Email Address

Enter (map) the email address that you want to bounce and complaint notifications to be sent to.

Feedback Forwarding Email Address Identity ARN

This field is used only for sending authorization. Enter (map) the email address used to send authorization and associated with the ARN of the identity.

Email Tags

Add the email tags:

Name

Enter (map) the name of the message tag. The message tag value has to meet the following criteria:

  • It can only contain ASCII letters (a–z, A–Z), numbers (0–9), underscores (_), or dashes (-).

  • It can contain no more than 256 characters.

Value

Enter (map) the value of the message tag. The message tag value has to meet the following criteria:

  • It can only contain ASCII letters (a–z, A–Z), numbers (0–9), underscores (_), or dashes (-).

  • It can contain no more than 256 characters.

Email Template

Watch Email Templates

Triggers when an email template is created.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Limit

Set the maximum number of email templates Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

List Email Templates

Retrieves a list of email templates.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Limit

Set the maximum number of email templates Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Create an Email Template

Creates a new email template.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Template Name

Enter (map) a name for the email template without spaces. Only special characters allowed are alphanumeric and ASCII characters, (_) and (-).

Subject

Enter (map) the subject of the email template.

HTML Body

Enter (map) the body text of the email template in HTML format.

Text

Enter (map) the body text of the email template in plain text format.

Get an Email Template

Retrieves a specified email template.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Email Template Name

Select or map the email template name whose details you want to retrieve.

Update an Email Template

Updates an existing email template.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Email Template Name

Select or map the email template name whose details you want to update.

Subject

Enter (map) the subject of the email template.

HTML Body

Enter (map) the body text of the email template in HTML format.

Text

Enter (map) the body text of the email template in plain text format.

Delete an Email Template

Deletes an email template.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Email Template Name

Select or map the email template name you want to delete.

Contact List

List Contact Lists

Retrieves a list of contacts in a contact list.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Limit

Set the maximum number of contact lists Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Create a Contact List

Creates a new contact list.

Please Note: Only one contact list for a free account.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Contact List Name

Enter (map) the name of the contact list.

Description

Enter (map) the details of the contact list.

Tags

Add the tags for the contact list.

Topics

Add the topics to the list.

Topic Name

Enter (map) the topic name.

Display Name

Enter (map) the name that displays in the contact list.

Default Subscription Status

Select or map the subscription status of the contact list for the topic:

  • Opt-in

  • Opt-out

Description

Enter (map) the details of the topic.

Get a Contact List

Retrieves a specified contact list.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Contact List Name

Select or map the contact list whose details you want to retrieve.

Update a Contact List

Updates an existing contact list.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Contact List Name

Select or map the contact list name whose details you want to update.

Description

Enter (map) the details of the contact list.

Topics

Add the topics for the contact list:

Topic Name

Enter (map) the topic name.

Display Name

Enter (map) the name that displays in the contact list.

Default Subscription Status

Select or map the subscription status of the contact list for the topic:

  • Opt-in

  • Opt-out

Description

Enter (map) the details of the topic.

Delete a Contact List

Deletes a contact list.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Email Template Name

Select or map the email template name you want to delete.

Contact

Watch Contacts

Triggers when a contact is created and updated in a specified contact list.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Contact List Name

Select or map the contact list name whose contacts you want to watch.

Limit

Set the maximum number of contact Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

List Contacts

Retrieves a list of contacts in a specified contact list.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Contact List Name

Select or map the contact list name whose contacts you want to watch.

Limit

Set the maximum number of contacts Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Create a Contact

Creates a new contact.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Contact List Name

Select or map the contact list in which you want to create the contact.

Email Address

Enter (map) the contact’s email address.

Attributes Data

Add the contact’s data in a valid JSON format. The maximum character allowed is 1000.

Topic Preferences

Add the topics and subscription status for the contact:

Topic Name

Enter (map) the topic name.

Subscription Status

Select the subscription status for the topic:

  • Opt-in

  • Opt-out

Unsubscribe All

Select whether you want to unsubscribe the contact from all lists.

Get a Contact

Retrieves a specified contact.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Contact List Name

Enter (map) the contact list whose contact details you want to retrieve.

Contact ID

Select or map the Contact ID whose details you want to update.

Update a Contact

Updates an existing contact.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Contact List Name

Select or map the contact list in which you want to create the contact.

Contact’s Email Address

Enter (map) the contact’s email address whose details you want to update.

Attributes Data

Add the contact’s data in a valid JSON format. The maximum character allowed is 1000.

Topic Preferences

Add the topics and subscription status for the contact:

Topic Name

Enter (map) the topic name.

Subscription Status

Select the subscription status for the topic:

  • Opt-in

  • Opt-out

Unsubscribe All

Select whether you want to unsubscribe the contact from all lists.

Delete a Contact

Deletes a contact.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Contact List Name

Select or map the contact list whose contact you want to delete.

Contact’s Email Address

Select or map the contact’s email address you want to delete.

Configuration Set

List Configuration Sets

Retrieves a list of configuration sets.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Limit

Set the maximum number of configuration sets Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Get a Configuration Set

Retrieves a specified configuration set.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Configuration Set Name

Select or map the configuration set whose details you want to retrieve.

Create a Configuration Set

Creates a new configuration set.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Configuration Set Name

Enter (map) the configuration set name.

Delivery Options

Add the delivery options that define the dedicated IP pool used to send emails using the configuration set:

Sending Pool Name

Enter (map) the pool name to associate with the configuration set.

TLS Policy

Select whether the messages that use the configuration set are required to use Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Reputation Options

Select whether reputation metrics are enabled for the configuration set.

Sending Options

Select whether or not Amazon SES can send the email that you send using the configuration set.

Suppressed Reasons

Select the suppressed reasons for the configuration set:

  • Complaint – Amazon SES adds an email address to the suppression list for your account when a message sent to that address results in a complaint.

  • Bounce – Amazon SES adds an email address to the suppression list for your account when a message sent to that address results in a hard bounce.

Tags

Add the tags for the configuration set.

Custom Redirect Domain

Enter (map) the domain to use for tracking open and click events.

Create a Configuration Set Event Destination

Creates a new configuration event destination.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Configuration Set Name

Enter (map) the configuration set name for which you want to create the event destination.

Event Destination Name

Enter (map) the name that identifies the event destination within the configuration set.

Event Destination

Select or map the event destination type, enter the details, and select whether the destination is enabled.

Matching Event Types

Select or map the event types for which you want to create the configuration set event destination. For example, send, reject.

Delete a Configuration Set

Deletes a configuration set.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

Configuration Set Name

Enter (map) the configuration set name you want to delete.

Other

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Amazon SES account.

URL

Enter a path relative to https://email.{region}.amazonaws.comFor example:/v2/email/contact-lists

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Amazon SES API Documentation.

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET

to retrieve information for an entry.

POST

to create a new entry.

PUT

to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH

to make a partial entry update.

DELETE

to delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don’t have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use – List Contacts

The following API call returns all contacts from your Amazon SES account:

URL:

/v2/email/contact-lists/<contact_list_name>/contacts?

Method:

GET

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Matches of the search can be found in the module’s Output under Bundle > Body > Contacts.

In our example, 3 contacts were returned:

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