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boto3_ses_html_email_with_plaintext_fallback.py

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Sends a formatted HTML email with a plain-text alternative using the Boto3

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boto3_ses_html_email_with_plaintext_fallback.py
1import boto3
2from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
3
4# Replace sender@example.com with your "From" address.
5# This address must be verified with Amazon SES.
6SENDER = "Sender Name <sender@example.com>"
7
8# Replace recipient@example.com with a "To" address. If your account 
9# is still in the sandbox, this address must be verified.
10RECIPIENT = "recipient@example.com"
11
12# Specify a configuration set. If you do not want to use a configuration
13# set, comment out the following variable and the 
14# ConfigurationSetName=CONFIGURATION_SET argument below.
15# CONFIGURATION_SET = "ConfigSet"
16
17# If necessary, replace us-west-2 with the AWS Region you're using for Amazon SES.
18AWS_REGION = "us-west-2"
19
20# The subject line for the email.
21SUBJECT = "Amazon SES Test (SDK for Python)"
22
23# The email body for recipients with non-HTML email clients.
24BODY_TEXT = ("Amazon SES Test (Python)\r\n"
25             "This email was sent with Amazon SES using the "
26             "AWS SDK for Python (Boto3)."
27            )
28            
29# The HTML body of the email.
30BODY_HTML = """<html>
31<head></head>
32<body>
33  <h1>Amazon SES Test (Python)</h1>
34  <p>This email was sent with
35    <a href='https://aws.amazon.com/ses/'>Amazon SES</a> using the
36    <a href='https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-python/'>AWS SDK for Python (Boto3)</a>.</p>
37</body>
38</html>
39            """            
40
41# The character encoding for the email.
42CHARSET = "UTF-8"
43
44# Create a new SES resource and specify a region.
45client = boto3.client('ses',region_name=AWS_REGION)
46
47# Try to send the email.
48try:
49    #Provide the contents of the email.
50    response = client.send_email(
51        Destination={
52            'ToAddresses': [
53                RECIPIENT,
54            ],
55        },
56        Message={
57            'Body': {
58                'Html': {
59                    'Charset': CHARSET,
60                    'Data': BODY_HTML,
61                },
62                'Text': {
63                    'Charset': CHARSET,
64                    'Data': BODY_TEXT,
65                },
66            },
67            'Subject': {
68                'Charset': CHARSET,
69                'Data': SUBJECT,
70            },
71        },
72        Source=SENDER,
73        # If you are not using a configuration set, comment out the following line
74        # ConfigurationSetName=CONFIGURATION_SET,
75    )
76# Display an error if something goes wrong.	
77except ClientError as e:
78    print(e.response['Error']['Message'])
79else:
80    print("Email sent! Message ID:"),
81    print(response['MessageId'])