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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.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

# Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
# such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
$authAws = New-Object Chilkat.AuthAws
$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","SendEmail")

$rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Body.Text.Data","This is a sample plain-text email.")
$rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Body.Text.Charset","utf-8")

$rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Subject.Data","Sample plain-text SES email")
$rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Subject.Charset","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","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","support@chilkatsoft.com")
$rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.2","somebody@yahoo.com")
$rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.BccAddresses.member.1","somebody@gmail.com")

$rest.AddQueryParam("Source","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.
$responseXml = $rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $("response status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("response status text = " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $("response header: " + $rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("response body: " + $responseXml)
    exit
}

# Examine the successful XML response.
$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$xml.LoadXml($responseXml)
$($xml.GetXml())

# To get the MessageId
$("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>