Objective-C

SES Send Plain-Text Email

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Sends a simple plain-text email to one or more recipients.

See SES SendEmail for more information.

Objective-C

#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoAuthAws.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoXml.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];

//  Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
//  such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
BOOL bTls = YES;
int port = 443;
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: port] tls: bTls autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];

//  Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
CkoAuthAws *authAws = [[CkoAuthAws alloc] init];
authAws.AccessKey = @"AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
authAws.SecretKey = @"AWS_SECRET_KEY";
//  the region should match our URL above..
authAws.Region = @"us-west-2";
authAws.ServiceName = @"ses";

[rest SetAuthAws: authAws];

[rest AddQueryParam: @"Action" value: @"SendEmail"];

[rest AddQueryParam: @"Message.Body.Text.Data" value: @"This is a sample plain-text email."];
[rest AddQueryParam: @"Message.Body.Text.Charset" value: @"utf-8"];

[rest AddQueryParam: @"Message.Subject.Data" value: @"Sample plain-text SES email"];
[rest AddQueryParam: @"Message.Subject.Charset" value: @"utf-8"];

//  Add up to 100 TO, CC, and BCC recipients.
//  If your SES account is still in the sandbox, you also must verify every recipient email address except for the recipients 
//  provided by the Amazon SES mailbox simulator. (See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/mailbox-simulator.html)
[rest AddQueryParam: @"Destination.ToAddresses.member.1" value: @"success@simulator.amazonses.com"];
//  Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
//  Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
//  Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
[rest AddQueryParam: @"Destination.CcAddresses.member.1" value: @"support@chilkatsoft.com"];
[rest AddQueryParam: @"Destination.CcAddresses.member.2" value: @"somebody@yahoo.com"];
[rest AddQueryParam: @"Destination.BccAddresses.member.1" value: @"somebody@gmail.com"];

[rest AddQueryParam: @"Source" value: @"admin@chilkatdownload.com"];

//  Because there may be a large amount of data in the query params, use a POST
//  where the params are sent in the body of the HTTP Request.
NSString *responseXml = [rest FullRequestFormUrlEncoded: @"POST" uriPath: @"/"];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ([rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue] != 200) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"response status code = ",[rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response status text = ",rest.ResponseStatusText);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response header: ",rest.ResponseHeader);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response body: ",responseXml);
    return;
}

//  Examine the successful XML response.
CkoXml *xml = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
[xml LoadXml: responseXml];
NSLog(@"%@",[xml GetXml]);

//  To get the MessageId
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"MessageId: ",[xml ChilkatPath: @"SendEmailResult|MessageId|*"]);

//  A sample successful response:
//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
//  <SendEmailResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
//      <SendEmailResult>
//          <MessageId>010101579081d2c1-043c693f-5a23-4c64-a8c1-66187d3725a0-000000</MessageId>
//      </SendEmailResult>
//      <ResponseMetadata>
//          <RequestId>e2b5b480-8a4e-11e6-85cd-21b1f1f6d432</RequestId>
//      </ResponseMetadata>
//  </SendEmailResponse>