Integrate the Geckoboard API with the Amazon SES API

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

Popular Geckoboard 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 Geckoboard#

The Geckoboard API grants you the power to craft custom dashboards that display key metrics and performance indicators for your business. With this API, you can push data to widgets, create and manage dashboards, and automate the sharing of insightful data visualizations. When leveraged through Pipedream, you can build workflows that connect Geckoboard with various other apps, enabling real-time data updates, integrating with your current tools, and powering automated reporting processes.

Connect Geckoboard#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    geckoboard: {
      type: "app",
      app: "geckoboard",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.geckoboard.com/datasets`,
      auth: {
        username: `${this.geckoboard.$auth.api_key}`,
        password: ``,
      },
    })
  },
})

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()
  },
})