Integrate the Placid API with the Amazon SES API

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

Popular Placid and Amazon SES Actions#

Generate Image with the Placid API

Generate a new image based on a specified template. See the documentation

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Create Email Template with the Amazon SES API

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

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Generate PDF with the Placid API

Creates a new PDF based on a specified template. See the documentation

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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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Overview of Placid#

The Placid API lets you automate the creation of visual content such as images and videos. With Pipedream, you can trigger workflows using various events, process data, and use the Placid API to dynamically generate marketing materials, social media graphics, personalized images for email campaigns, and more. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, you can integrate Placid with other apps to create robust, multi-step automations without writing extensive code.

Connect Placid#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    placid: {
      type: "app",
      app: "placid",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.placid.app/api/rest/templates`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.placid.$auth.api_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()
  },
})