Chapter 33. AWS Simple Email Service Component

Available as of Camel version 2.9

The ses component supports sending emails with Amazon’s SES service.

Prerequisites

You must have a valid Amazon Web Services developer account, and be signed up to use Amazon SES. More information are available at Amazon SES.

33.1. URI Format

aws-ses://from[?options]

You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?options=value&option2=value&…​

33.2. URI Options

The AWS Simple Email Service component supports 5 options which are listed below.

NameDescriptionDefaultType

configuration (advanced)

The AWS SES default configuration

 

SesConfiguration

accessKey (producer)

Amazon AWS Access Key

 

String

secretKey (producer)

Amazon AWS Secret Key

 

String

region (producer)

The region in which SES client needs to work

 

String

resolveProperty Placeholders (advanced)

Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders.

true

boolean

The AWS Simple Email Service endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

aws-ses:from

with the following path and query parameters:

33.2.1. Path Parameters (1 parameters):

NameDescriptionDefaultType

from

Required The sender’s email address.

 

String

33.2.2. Query Parameters (11 parameters):

NameDescriptionDefaultType

amazonSESClient (producer)

To use the AmazonSimpleEmailService as the client

 

AmazonSimpleEmail Service

proxyHost (producer)

To define a proxy host when instantiating the SES client

 

String

proxyPort (producer)

To define a proxy port when instantiating the SES client

 

Integer

region (producer)

The region in which SES client needs to work

 

String

replyToAddresses (producer)

List of reply-to email address(es) for the message, override it using 'CamelAwsSesReplyToAddresses' header.

 

List

returnPath (producer)

The email address to which bounce notifications are to be forwarded, override it using 'CamelAwsSesReturnPath' header.

 

String

subject (producer)

The subject which is used if the message header 'CamelAwsSesSubject' is not present.

 

String

to (producer)

List of destination email address. Can be overriden with 'CamelAwsSesTo' header.

 

List

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

accessKey (security)

Amazon AWS Access Key

 

String

secretKey (security)

Amazon AWS Secret Key

 

String

Required SES component options

You have to provide the amazonSESClient in the Registry or your accessKey and secretKey to access the Amazon’s SES.

33.3. Usage

33.3.1. Message headers evaluated by the SES producer

HeaderTypeDescription

CamelAwsSesFrom

String

The sender’s email address.

CamelAwsSesTo

List<String>

The destination(s) for this email.

CamelAwsSesSubject

String

The subject of the message.

CamelAwsSesReplyToAddresses

List<String>

The reply-to email address(es) for the message.

CamelAwsSesReturnPath

String

The email address to which bounce notifications are to be forwarded.

CamelAwsSesHtmlEmail

Boolean

Since Camel 2.12.3 The flag to show if email content is HTML.

33.3.2. Message headers set by the SES producer

HeaderTypeDescription

CamelAwsSesMessageId

String

The Amazon SES message ID.

33.3.3. Advanced AmazonSimpleEmailService configuration

If you need more control over the AmazonSimpleEmailService instance configuration you can create your own instance and refer to it from the URI:

from("direct:start")
.to("aws-ses://example@example.com?amazonSESClient=#client");

The #client refers to a AmazonSimpleEmailService in the Registry.

For example if your Camel Application is running behind a firewall:

AWSCredentials awsCredentials = new BasicAWSCredentials("myAccessKey", "mySecretKey");
ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration();
clientConfiguration.setProxyHost("http://myProxyHost");
clientConfiguration.setProxyPort(8080);
AmazonSimpleEmailService client = new AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient(awsCredentials, clientConfiguration);

registry.bind("client", client);

33.4. Dependencies

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml.

pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-aws</artifactId>
    <version>${camel-version}</version>
</dependency>

where ${camel-version} must be replaced by the actual version of Camel (2.8.4 or higher).

33.5. See Also

  • Configuring Camel
  • Component
  • Endpoint
  • Getting Started
  • AWS Component