Get email details from a dynamodb table and send with ses, in a serverless way with aws (batch, dynamodb, lambda and ses). Templating system is based on handlebars.

Install

• npm i --production
• create an aws-keys.json with your credentials, see: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/latest/AWS/DynamoDB.html
• send on aws:

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="..."
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="..."
export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="..."
export AWS_REGION="..."
export TF_VAR_aws_region=your_region
export TF_VAR_docker_image=your_ecr_image_path
terraform apply

How it works

• store yout template in templates/
• store on dynamodb this payload:

{
    id: ...
    to: [...],
    locals: {
       ...
    },
    from: ....,
    subject: ...,
    template: ...
}

Development and local testing

• install https://github.com/localstack/localstack/
• install aws cli
• start localstack:

export SERVICES=dynamodb,ses
docker-compose up

• create a dynamodb table:

aws dynamodb create-table --endpoint=http://localhost:4569 --table-name postino_mails --attribute-definitions AttributeName=id,AttributeType=S --key-schema AttributeName=id,KeyType=HASH --provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=5,WriteCapacityUnits=5

• insert a record in dynamodb:

aws dynamodb put-item --endpoint=http://localhost:4569 --table-name postino_mails --item file://item.json

example of item.json:

{
  "id": {
    "S": "test"
  },
  "to": {
    "L": [
      {
        "S": "test@example.com"
      }
    ]
  },
  "locals": {
    "M": {
      "test": {
        "S": "ok"
      }
    }
  },
  "from": {
    "S": "admin@example.com"
  },
  "subject": {
    "S": "Test"
  },
  "template": {
    "S": "testtemplate"
  }
}

• create a template in template, example for testtemplate.html:

This is to see if it's {{ test }}

• verify email on ses:

aws ses verify-email-identity --email-address admin@example.com --endpoint-url=http://localhost:4579

Build on localhost

• go in the project root
• build the image: docker build -t postino .
• run the image:

docker run --network="host" -e DYNAMO_OPTIONS='{"endpoint":"http://localhost:4569"}' -e SES_OPTIONS='{"endpoint":"http://localhost:4579"}' -e AWS_REGION='localhost' -t postino