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10.6. AWS-SES

SES Component
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Available as of Camel 2.8.4
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.

URI Format
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aws-ses://from[?options]
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You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?options=value&option2=value&...

URI Options
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Name Default Value Context Description
amazonSESClient null Producer Reference to a com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.AmazonSimpleEmailService in the Registry.
accessKey null Producer Amazon AWS Access Key
secretKey null Producer Amazon AWS Secret Key
amazonSESEndpoint null Producer The region with which the AWS-SES client wants to work with.
subject null Producer The subject which is used if the message header 'CamelAwsSesSubject' is not present.
to null Producer List of destination email address. Can be overriden with 'CamelAwsSesTo' header.
returnPath null Producer The email address to which bounce notifications are to be forwarded, override it using 'CamelAwsSesReturnPath' header.
replyToAddresses null Producer List of reply-to email address(es) for the message, override it using 'CamelAwsSesReplyToAddresses' header.
Required SES component options
You have to provide the amazonSESClient in the Registry or your accessKey and secretKey to access the Amazon's SES.

Usage
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Message headers evaluated by the SES producer
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Header Type Description
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.

Message headers set by the SES producer
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Header Type Description
CamelAwsSesMessageId String The Amazon SES message ID.

Advanced AmazonSimpleEmailService configuration
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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");
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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);
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Dependencies
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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>
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where ${camel-version} must be replaced by the actual version of Camel (2.8.4 or higher).
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