AWS iOS SDK: Sending Email via AWSSES - ios

Question

Does anyone have any experience using the latest Amazon AWS SDK 2.3.6 for sending an email via SES SMTP? I currently have an api key, secret, and smtp_url.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Just figured it out. I confess Amazon's documentation is a little dense. Hope this helps someone else!
AWSSESSendEmailRequest *awsSESSendEmailRequest = [AWSSESSendEmailRequest new];
awsSESSendEmailRequest.source = #"source#email";
AWSSESDestination *awsSESDestination = [AWSSESDestination new];
awsSESDestination.toAddresses = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:#"to#email",nil];
awsSESSendEmailRequest.destination = awsSESDestination;
AWSSESMessage *awsSESMessage = [AWSSESMessage new];
AWSSESContent *awsSESSubject = [AWSSESContent new];
awsSESSubject.data = #"Subject goes here";
awsSESSubject.charset = #"UTF-8";
awsSESMessage.subject = awsSESSubject;
AWSSESContent *awsSESContent = [AWSSESContent new];
awsSESContent.data = #"Message goes here";
awsSESContent.charset = #"UTF-8";
AWSSESBody *awsSESBody = [AWSSESBody new];
awsSESBody.text = awsSESContent;
awsSESMessage.body = awsSESBody;
awsSESSendEmailRequest.message = awsSESMessage;
AWSStaticCredentialsProvider *credentialsProvider = [[AWSStaticCredentialsProvider alloc] initWithAccessKey:#"ACCESS-KEY"
secretKey:#"SECRET-KEY"];
AWSServiceConfiguration *configuration = [[AWSServiceConfiguration alloc] initWithRegion:AWSRegionUSWest2
credentialsProvider:credentialsProvider];
[AWSServiceManager defaultServiceManager].defaultServiceConfiguration = configuration;
[[AWSSES defaultSES] sendEmail:awsSESSendEmailRequest completionHandler:^(AWSSESSendEmailResponse * _Nullable response, NSError * _Nullable error) {
if (error)
{
// error
}
else
{
// success
}
}];

Answer 2

The code snippet of Send email in Swift 3.0 below.
let serviceRegionType = AWSRegionType.usEast1
let credentialsProvider = AWSStaticCredentialsProvider.init(accessKey: "access", secretKey: "secret")
let configuration = AWSServiceConfiguration(region: serviceRegionType, credentialsProvider: credentialsProvider)
AWSServiceManager.default().defaultServiceConfiguration = configuration
let subject = AWSSESContent()
subject?.data = "Subject"
subject?.charset = "UTF-8"
let messageBody = AWSSESContent()
messageBody?.data = "Sample Message body"
messageBody?.charset = "UTF-8"
let body = AWSSESBody()
body?.text = messageBody
let theMessage = AWSSESMessage()
theMessage?.subject = subject
theMessage?.body = body
let destination = AWSSESDestination()
destination?.toAddresses = ["toaddress"]
let send = AWSSESSendEmailRequest()
send?.source = "source mail"
send?.destination = destination
send?.message = theMessage
AWSSES.default().sendEmail(send!) { (response:AWSSESSendEmailResponse?, mailError: Error?) in
print(mailError?.localizedDescription)
if ((response?.messageId) != nil) {
print("Mail has delivered succesfully")
} else {
print("Mail has failed to delivered")
}
}

Answer 3

To add to unicornherder's answer: your code worked well for my iOS app. However, because my app users are authenticated by Cognito, I did not need your code used to set up AWSStaticCredentialsProvider. This already happens in my AppDelegate per the sample code.
I did need to give my Cognito-authorized users permission to use SES, however. This last step is accomplished by adding the permission to the authUser role.