When this becomes useful
Messages such as invitations, confirmations and alerts are part of the customer journey. A sample send path helps, but delivery state and retry behavior make it dependable.
What the template offers
API to Lambda and email is a AWS example pattern from AWS Serverless Patterns. It offers a concrete implementation to inspect and adapt. Illustrates an email send from an API flow. For production messages, add a durable queue and delivery failure handling.
Technical shape
Follow the API request into Lambda and SES. Check identity verification, IAM permissions and what the caller sees after a send failure.
Questions worth answering
- How are failed deliveries and bounces handled?
- Which messages must be durable?
- What customer data belongs in a template?
Inspect the source
Read the maintainer's README, license, setup instructions and current repository state before adapting the code.
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