/aws-ses-send-emails

Repository for an article at https://bobbyhadz.com/blog/aws-ses-send-emails - for how to send emails via a Lambda function provisioned using AWS CDK

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How to send emails with SES in AWS CDK

A repository for an article on bobbyhadz.com

If you use CDK v1, switch to the cdk-v1 branch

How to Use

  1. Clone the repository

  2. Install the dependencies

npm install
  1. Create an env.ts file in the root directory, providing the variables listed in the env.example.ts file:
export const SES_REGION = 'YOUR_SES_REGION';
export const SES_EMAIL_TO = 'YOUR_SES_RECIPIENT_EMAIL';
export const SES_EMAIL_FROM = 'YOUR_SES_SENDER_EMAIL';
  1. Create the CDK stack
npx aws-cdk deploy cdk-stack \
  --outputs-file ./cdk-outputs.json

  1. Open the AWS Console and the stack should be created in your default region

  2. Cleanup

npx aws-cdk destroy