Integrate the iContact API with the Amazon SES API

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

Popular iContact 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 iContact#

The iContact API provides a programmable way to manage email marketing campaigns, contacts, lists, and messages within iContact's service. Through this API, you can automate the creation and sending of emails, manage subscribers, and track the performance of your campaigns. When used on Pipedream, the iContact API allows you to create serverless workflows that integrate with other apps and services, trigger actions based on various conditions, and automate repetitive tasks.

Connect iContact#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    icontact: {
      type: "app",
      app: "icontact",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://app.icontact.com/icp/a/{{YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID}}/c/{{YOUR_CLIENT_FOLDER_ID}}`,
      headers: {
        "Accept": `application/json`,
        "Content-Type": `application/json`,
        "API-Version": `2.2`,
        "API-AppId": `${this.icontact.$auth.api_app_id}`,
        "API-Username": `${this.icontact.$auth.api_username}`,
        "API-Password": `${this.icontact.$auth.api_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()
  },
})