AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . sesv2 ]

send-email

Description

Sends an email message. You can use the Amazon SES API v2 to send the following types of messages:

  • Simple – A standard email message. When you create this type of message, you specify the sender, the recipient, and the message body, and Amazon SES assembles the message for you.
  • Raw – A raw, MIME-formatted email message. When you send this type of email, you have to specify all of the message headers, as well as the message body. You can use this message type to send messages that contain attachments. The message that you specify has to be a valid MIME message.
  • Templated – A message that contains personalization tags. When you send this type of email, Amazon SES API v2 automatically replaces the tags with values that you specify.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  send-email
[--from-email-address <value>]
[--from-email-address-identity-arn <value>]
[--destination <value>]
[--reply-to-addresses <value>]
[--feedback-forwarding-email-address <value>]
[--feedback-forwarding-email-address-identity-arn <value>]
--content <value>
[--email-tags <value>]
[--configuration-set-name <value>]
[--list-management-options <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]

Options

--from-email-address (string)

The email address to use as the “From” address for the email. The address that you specify has to be verified.

--from-email-address-identity-arn (string)

This parameter is used only for sending authorization. It is the ARN of the identity that is associated with the sending authorization policy that permits you to use the email address specified in the FromEmailAddress parameter.

For example, if the owner of example.com (which has ARN arn:aws:ses:us-east-1:123456789012:identity/example.com) attaches a policy to it that authorizes you to use sender@example.com, then you would specify the FromEmailAddressIdentityArn to be arn:aws:ses:us-east-1:123456789012:identity/example.com, and the FromEmailAddress to be sender@example.com.

For more information about sending authorization, see the Amazon SES Developer Guide .

For Raw emails, the FromEmailAddressIdentityArn value overrides the X-SES-SOURCE-ARN and X-SES-FROM-ARN headers specified in raw email message content.

--destination (structure)

An object that contains the recipients of the email message.

ToAddresses -> (list)

An array that contains the email addresses of the “To” recipients for the email.

(string)

CcAddresses -> (list)

An array that contains the email addresses of the “CC” (carbon copy) recipients for the email.

(string)

BccAddresses -> (list)

An array that contains the email addresses of the “BCC” (blind carbon copy) recipients for the email.

(string)

Shorthand Syntax:

ToAddresses=string,string,CcAddresses=string,string,BccAddresses=string,string

JSON Syntax:

{
  "ToAddresses": ["string", ...],
  "CcAddresses": ["string", ...],
  "BccAddresses": ["string", ...]
}

--reply-to-addresses (list)

The “Reply-to” email addresses for the message. When the recipient replies to the message, each Reply-to address receives the reply.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--feedback-forwarding-email-address (string)

The address that you want bounce and complaint notifications to be sent to.

--feedback-forwarding-email-address-identity-arn (string)

This parameter is used only for sending authorization. It is the ARN of the identity that is associated with the sending authorization policy that permits you to use the email address specified in the FeedbackForwardingEmailAddress parameter.

For example, if the owner of example.com (which has ARN arn:aws:ses:us-east-1:123456789012:identity/example.com) attaches a policy to it that authorizes you to use feedback@example.com, then you would specify the FeedbackForwardingEmailAddressIdentityArn to be arn:aws:ses:us-east-1:123456789012:identity/example.com, and the FeedbackForwardingEmailAddress to be feedback@example.com.

For more information about sending authorization, see the Amazon SES Developer Guide .

--content (structure)

An object that contains the body of the message. You can send either a Simple message, Raw message, or a Templated message.

Simple -> (structure)

The simple email message. The message consists of a subject and a message body.

Subject -> (structure)

The subject line of the email. The subject line can only contain 7-bit ASCII characters. However, you can specify non-ASCII characters in the subject line by using encoded-word syntax, as described in RFC 2047 .

Data -> (string)

The content of the message itself.

Charset -> (string)

The character set for the content. Because of the constraints of the SMTP protocol, Amazon SES uses 7-bit ASCII by default. If the text includes characters outside of the ASCII range, you have to specify a character set. For example, you could specify UTF-8 , ISO-8859-1 , or Shift_JIS .

Body -> (structure)

The body of the message. You can specify an HTML version of the message, a text-only version of the message, or both.

Text -> (structure)

An object that represents the version of the message that is displayed in email clients that don’t support HTML, or clients where the recipient has disabled HTML rendering.

Data -> (string)

The content of the message itself.

Charset -> (string)

The character set for the content. Because of the constraints of the SMTP protocol, Amazon SES uses 7-bit ASCII by default. If the text includes characters outside of the ASCII range, you have to specify a character set. For example, you could specify UTF-8 , ISO-8859-1 , or Shift_JIS .

Html -> (structure)

An object that represents the version of the message that is displayed in email clients that support HTML. HTML messages can include formatted text, hyperlinks, images, and more.

Data -> (string)

The content of the message itself.

Charset -> (string)

The character set for the content. Because of the constraints of the SMTP protocol, Amazon SES uses 7-bit ASCII by default. If the text includes characters outside of the ASCII range, you have to specify a character set. For example, you could specify UTF-8 , ISO-8859-1 , or Shift_JIS .

Headers -> (list)

The list of message headers that will be added to the email message.

(structure)

Contains the name and value of a message header that you add to an email.

Name -> (string)

The name of the message header. The message header name has to meet the following criteria:

  • Can contain any printable ASCII character (33 - 126) except for colon (:).
  • Can contain no more than 126 characters.

Value -> (string)

The value of the message header. The message header value has to meet the following criteria:

  • Can contain any printable ASCII character.
  • Can contain no more than 870 characters.

Raw -> (structure)

The raw email message. The message has to meet the following criteria:

  • The message has to contain a header and a body, separated by one blank line.
  • All of the required header fields must be present in the message.
  • Each part of a multipart MIME message must be formatted properly.
  • If you include attachments, they must be in a file format that the Amazon SES API v2 supports.
  • The raw data of the message needs to base64-encoded if you are accessing Amazon SES directly through the HTTPS interface. If you are accessing Amazon SES using an Amazon Web Services SDK, the SDK takes care of the base 64-encoding for you.
  • If any of the MIME parts in your message contain content that is outside of the 7-bit ASCII character range, you should encode that content to ensure that recipients’ email clients render the message properly.
  • The length of any single line of text in the message can’t exceed 1,000 characters. This restriction is defined in RFC 5321 .

Data -> (blob)

The raw email message. The message has to meet the following criteria:

  • The message has to contain a header and a body, separated by one blank line.
  • All of the required header fields must be present in the message.
  • Each part of a multipart MIME message must be formatted properly.
  • Attachments must be in a file format that the Amazon SES supports.
  • The raw data of the message needs to base64-encoded if you are accessing Amazon SES directly through the HTTPS interface. If you are accessing Amazon SES using an Amazon Web Services SDK, the SDK takes care of the base 64-encoding for you.
  • If any of the MIME parts in your message contain content that is outside of the 7-bit ASCII character range, you should encode that content to ensure that recipients’ email clients render the message properly.
  • The length of any single line of text in the message can’t exceed 1,000 characters. This restriction is defined in RFC 5321 .

Template -> (structure)

The template to use for the email message.

TemplateName -> (string)

The name of the template. You will refer to this name when you send email using the SendTemplatedEmail or SendBulkTemplatedEmail operations.

TemplateArn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the template.

TemplateContent -> (structure)

The content of the template.

Note

Amazon SES supports only simple substitions when you send email using the SendEmail or SendBulkEmail operations and you provide the full template content in the request.

Subject -> (string)

The subject line of the email.

Text -> (string)

The email body that will be visible to recipients whose email clients do not display HTML.

Html -> (string)

The HTML body of the email.

TemplateData -> (string)

An object that defines the values to use for message variables in the template. This object is a set of key-value pairs. Each key defines a message variable in the template. The corresponding value defines the value to use for that variable.

Headers -> (list)

The list of message headers that will be added to the email message.

(structure)

Contains the name and value of a message header that you add to an email.

Name -> (string)

The name of the message header. The message header name has to meet the following criteria:

  • Can contain any printable ASCII character (33 - 126) except for colon (:).
  • Can contain no more than 126 characters.

Value -> (string)

The value of the message header. The message header value has to meet the following criteria:

  • Can contain any printable ASCII character.
  • Can contain no more than 870 characters.

JSON Syntax:

{
  "Simple": {
    "Subject": {
      "Data": "string",
      "Charset": "string"
    },
    "Body": {
      "Text": {
        "Data": "string",
        "Charset": "string"
      },
      "Html": {
        "Data": "string",
        "Charset": "string"
      }
    },
    "Headers": [
      {
        "Name": "string",
        "Value": "string"
      }
      ...
    ]
  },
  "Raw": {
    "Data": blob
  },
  "Template": {
    "TemplateName": "string",
    "TemplateArn": "string",
    "TemplateContent": {
      "Subject": "string",
      "Text": "string",
      "Html": "string"
    },
    "TemplateData": "string",
    "Headers": [
      {
        "Name": "string",
        "Value": "string"
      }
      ...
    ]
  }
}

--email-tags (list)

A list of tags, in the form of name/value pairs, to apply to an email that you send using the SendEmail operation. Tags correspond to characteristics of the email that you define, so that you can publish email sending events.

(structure)

Contains the name and value of a tag that you apply to an email. You can use message tags when you publish email sending events.

Name -> (string)

The name of the message tag. The message tag name has to meet the following criteria:

  • It can only contain ASCII letters (a–z, A–Z), numbers (0–9), underscores (_), or dashes (-).
  • It can contain no more than 256 characters.

Value -> (string)

The value of the message tag. The message tag value has to meet the following criteria:

  • It can only contain ASCII letters (a–z, A–Z), numbers (0–9), underscores (_), or dashes (-).
  • It can contain no more than 256 characters.

Shorthand Syntax:

Name=string,Value=string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Name": "string",
    "Value": "string"
  }
  ...
]

--configuration-set-name (string)

The name of the configuration set to use when sending the email.

--list-management-options (structure)

An object used to specify a list or topic to which an email belongs, which will be used when a contact chooses to unsubscribe.

ContactListName -> (string)

The name of the contact list.

TopicName -> (string)

The name of the topic.

Shorthand Syntax:

ContactListName=string,TopicName=string

JSON Syntax:

{
  "ContactListName": "string",
  "TopicName": "string"
}

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table
  • yaml
  • yaml-stream

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

  • base64
  • raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

Output

MessageId -> (string)

A unique identifier for the message that is generated when the message is accepted.

Note

It’s possible for Amazon SES to accept a message without sending it. For example, this can happen when the message that you’re trying to send has an attachment that contains a virus, or when you send a templated email that contains invalid personalization content.
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