aws-ses-local

aws-ses-local

Creates local Amazon Simple Email Service Server for consuming requests sent by the API

Features

• Stores html / text email and headers to output directory for viewing / testing
• Returns file url of html email in place of MessageId

Supported Functions

• sendEmail(params = {}, callback)

Installation

npm install aws-ses-local -g

Running the server

aws-ses-local

CLI Options

Option	Short Option	Default	Description
--outputDir	-o	./output	Specify output directory
--port	-p	9001	Specify port for server to run on
--clean	-c	none	Clean output directory (delete all contents)

Using the server

First, you need to install the AWS SDK then point it to the local server by specifying the endpoint

import AWS from 'aws-sdk'
const ses = new AWS.SES({ region: 'us-east-1', endpoint: 'http://localhost:9001' })

That's it! Now run sendEmail() with required params for eg.

ses.sendEmail({
  Destination: { /* required */
    BccAddresses: [
      'STRING_VALUE'
    ],
    CcAddresses: [
      'STRING_VALUE'
    ],
    ToAddresses: [
      'STRING_VALUE'
    ]
  },
  Message: { /* required */
    Body: { /* required */
      Html: {
        Data: 'STRING_VALUE' /* required */
      },
      Text: {
        Data: 'STRING_VALUE' /* required */
      }
    },
    Subject: { /* required */
      Data: 'STRING_VALUE' /* required */
    }
  },
  Source: 'STRING_VALUE', /* required */
  ReplyToAddresses: [
    'STRING_VALUE'
  ]
})