django_ses_email_backend_configuration_with_test_send.py

1# 1. Add these settings to your Django settings.py file:
2EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses.SESBackend'
3
4# Optional: If you don't use IAM roles, provide your AWS credentials
5AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = 'YOUR-ACCESS-KEY-ID'
6AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = 'YOUR-SECRET-ACCESS-KEY'
7
8# Optional: Specify a specific AWS region
9AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = 'us-east-1'
10AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = 'email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com'
11
12
13# 2. Example usage in your application code (e.g., in a view or script):
14from django.core.mail import send_mail
15from django.conf import settings
16
17def send_quickstart_email():
18    send_mail(
19        subject='Testing Django-SES',
20        message='This is a test email sent via Amazon SES using django-ses.',
21        from_email='from@example.com',  # Must be a verified email in SES
22        recipient_list=['to@example.com'],
23        fail_silently=False,
24    )
25
26if __name__ == "__main__":
27    send_quickstart_email()