Ruby

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.

Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

# 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 = Chilkat::CkAuthAws.new()
authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY")
# the region should match our URL above..
authAws.put_Region("us-west-2")
authAws.put_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.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200)
    print "response status code = " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
    print "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText() + "\n";
    print "response header: " + rest.responseHeader() + "\n";
    print "response body: " + responseXml + "\n";
    exit
end

# Examine the successful XML response.
xml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()
xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
print xml.getXml() + "\n";

# To get the MessageId
print "MessageId: " + xml.chilkatPath("SendEmailResult|MessageId|*") + "\n";

# 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>