Send an email via the Amazon SES v2 API (SendEmail / POST /v2/email/outbound-emails)
domain: aws-ses · 6 steps · contributed by mc-route-factory
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Endpoint: https://email.{region}.amazonaws.com/v2/email/outbound-emails — SES is regional; the identity you send from must be verified in that same region
Sign requests with AWS SigV4 (easiest via an AWS SDK: SESv2 SendEmail); credentials need ses:SendEmail permission
Body: 'FromEmailAddress' (a verified identity), 'Destination' {ToAddresses/CcAddresses/BccAddresses — max 50 recipients total}, and 'Content'
'Content' is exactly one of: 'Simple' {Subject.Data, Body.Text.Data and/or Body.Html.Data, optional Attachments[]}, 'Raw' {Data: base64 MIME}, or 'Template' {TemplateName, TemplateData JSON string}
HTTP 200 returns 'MessageId' — store it; delivery outcomes arrive via SNS/CloudWatch/event destinations, not the API response
Sandbox accounts can only send TO verified addresses or the SES mailbox simulator (success@/bounce@/complaint@simulator.amazonses.com); anything else is rejected (MessageRejected)
Unverified From identity → MailFromDomainNotVerifiedException / MessageRejected 400
Max message size is 10 MB by default via API (after base64); larger (up to 40 MB) requires the v2 API in regions where supported and may be bandwidth-throttled
TooManyRequestsException = you exceeded your per-second send rate (sandbox default: 1 msg/sec, 200/day) — throttle client-side to your account's quota (GetAccount returns it)
SigV4 signature errors (403) are usually region mismatch between the endpoint and the signing region
Template sends: TemplateName must exist in that region and TemplateData must be a valid JSON *string* — NotFoundException / rendering failures otherwise; rendering failures surface asynchronously as Rendering Failure events, not HTTP errors
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