Action to send email AWS SES without SMTP credentials

Send Email via AWS SES directly from your GitHub workflows.

Prerequisites

• AWS Account
• Verified email or domain in AWS SES
• AWS IAM user with SES:SendEmail permissions

Environment Variables

The following environment variables are required:

Name	Description
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	AWS Access Key ID
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	AWS Secret Access Key
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION	AWS Region

Inputs

Name	Description	Required	Multiple Values Allowed
bcc	Email address of the BCC recipient	No	Yes
body	Body of the email	No	No
body_html	Body of the email in HTML format	No	No
cc	Email address of the CC recipient	No	Yes
from	Email address of the sender	Yes	No
reply_to	Email address to reply to	No	Yes
subject	Subject of the email	Yes	No
to	Email address of the recipient	Yes	Yes

Example Usage

Here is a simple example that demonstrates how to use this action:

name: Send Email via AWS SES

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

env:
  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
  AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: 'ap-south-1'

jobs:
  send-email:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Send email using AWS SES
      uses: dsfx3d/action-aws-ses@v1
      with:
        to: 'recipient1@example.com,recipient2@example.com'
        from: 'sender@example.com'
        subject: 'GitHub Action Test'
        body: 'This is a test email sent from a GitHub Action.'
        cc: 'cc1@example.com,cc2@example.com'
        bcc: 'bcc1@example.com,bcc2@example.com'
        reply_to: 'reply1@example.com,reply2@example.com'
        body_html: '<h1>This is a test email</h1>'

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.