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How to send emails from the command line using AWS SES (Classic)

How to Send Email Messages from the Command Line Using AWS SES (Classic)

The following outlines how to send email messages from the command line using AWS SES and the AWS CLI.

Using shorthand

aws ses send-email \
  --from "[e-mail]" \
  --destination "ToAddresses=[e-mail]" \
  --message "Subject={Data=test1,Charset=utf8},Body={Text={Data=testing123,Charset=utf8},Html={Data=,Charset=utf8}}"

Using local files

aws ses send-email \
--from [e-mail] \
--destination file://destination.json \
--message file://message.json

where destination.json is something like:

{
    "ToAddresses":["[e-mail]"]
}

and message.json is something like:

{
    "Subject": {
        "Data": "test1",
        "Charset": "utf-8"
    },
    "Body": {
        "Text": {
            "Data": "testing123",
            "Charset": "utf-8"
        }
    }
}