Integrate the Planning Center API with the Amazon SES API

Setup the Planning Center API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Amazon SES API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Planning Center and Amazon SES remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Popular Planning Center and Amazon SES Actions#

Create Email Template with the Amazon SES API

Create a HTML or a plain text email template. See the docs

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Get Email Template with the Amazon SES API

Get an email template. See the docs

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Send Email with the Amazon SES API

Send an email using Amazon SES. Supports simple email messaging. See the docs

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Send Templated Email with the Amazon SES API

Send an email replacing the template tags with values using Amazon SES. See the docs

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Update Email Template with the Amazon SES API

Update an email template. See the docs

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Overview of Planning Center#

The Planning Center API offers a suite of church management features, allowing for the seamless coordination of events, services, and resources. With Pipedream, you can automate tasks, sync data across different platforms, and create dynamic workflows that save time and reduce errors. This can include managing attendees, coordinating service schedules, tracking donations, and more. Pipedream's serverless platform connects with the Planning Center API to create workflows that trigger on new data, process and transform data, and automate communication and organizational tasks.

Connect Planning Center#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    planning_center: {
      type: "app",
      app: "planning_center",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2/me`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.planning_center.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Amazon SES#

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a powerful cloud-based email sending service designed to help digital marketers and application developers send marketing, notification, and transactional emails. With the SES API, you can reliably send emails at scale, manage sender reputations, view email sending statistics, and maintain a high deliverability rate. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can integrate SES seamlessly into serverless workflows, automate email responses based on triggers from other apps, and analyze the effectiveness of your email campaigns by connecting to data analytics platforms.

Connect Amazon SES#

module.exports = defineComponent({
  props: {
    amazon_ses: {
      type: "app",
      app: "amazon_ses",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    const AWS = require("aws-sdk")
    const { accessKeyId, secretAccessKey } = this.amazon_ses.$auth
    
    const ses = new AWS.SES({
      accessKeyId, 
      secretAccessKey,
      region: 'us-east-1',
    })
    
    const sesParams = {
      Destination: {
        ToAddresses: ["<your email here>"],
      }, 
      Message: {
        Body: {
          Html: {
            Charset: "UTF-8", 
            Data: "<h1>This is a test</h1>",
          }, 
            Text: {
            Charset: "UTF-8", 
            Data: "This is a test",
          }
        }, 
        Subject: {
          Charset: "UTF-8", 
          Data: "Test email",
        }
      },
      Source: "<your from address here", 
    };
    
    this.resp = await ses.sendEmail(sesParams).promise()
  },
})