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Use CreateTemplate with an AWS SDK

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.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
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/// <summary> /// Create an email template. /// </summary> /// <param name="name">Name of the template.</param> /// <param name="subject">Email subject.</param> /// <param name="text">Email body text.</param> /// <param name="html">Email HTML body text.</param> /// <returns>True if successful.</returns> public async Task<bool> CreateEmailTemplateAsync(string name, string subject, string text, string html) { var success = false; try { var response = await _amazonSimpleEmailService.CreateTemplateAsync( new CreateTemplateRequest { Template = new Template { TemplateName = name, SubjectPart = subject, TextPart = text, HtmlPart = html } }); success = response.HttpStatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK; } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine("CreateEmailTemplateAsync failed with exception: " + ex.Message); } return success; }
  • For API details, see CreateTemplate in AWS SDK for .NET API Reference.

C++
SDK for C++
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//! Create an Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) template. /*! \param templateName: The name of the template. \param htmlPart: The HTML body of the email. \param subjectPart: The subject line of the email. \param textPart: The plain text version of the email. \param clientConfiguration: AWS client configuration. \return bool: Function succeeded. */ bool AwsDoc::SES::createTemplate(const Aws::String &templateName, const Aws::String &htmlPart, const Aws::String &subjectPart, const Aws::String &textPart, const Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration &clientConfiguration) { Aws::SES::SESClient sesClient(clientConfiguration); Aws::SES::Model::CreateTemplateRequest createTemplateRequest; Aws::SES::Model::Template aTemplate; aTemplate.SetTemplateName(templateName); aTemplate.SetHtmlPart(htmlPart); aTemplate.SetSubjectPart(subjectPart); aTemplate.SetTextPart(textPart); createTemplateRequest.SetTemplate(aTemplate); Aws::SES::Model::CreateTemplateOutcome outcome = sesClient.CreateTemplate( createTemplateRequest); if (outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cout << "Successfully created template." << templateName << "." << std::endl; } else { std::cerr << "Error creating template. " << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; } return outcome.IsSuccess(); }
  • For API details, see CreateTemplate in AWS SDK for C++ API Reference.

JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
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import { CreateTemplateCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-ses"; import { sesClient } from "./libs/sesClient.js"; import { getUniqueName } from "@aws-doc-sdk-examples/lib/utils/util-string.js"; const TEMPLATE_NAME = getUniqueName("TestTemplateName"); const createCreateTemplateCommand = () => { return new CreateTemplateCommand({ /** * The template feature in Amazon SES is based on the Handlebars template system. */ Template: { /** * The name of an existing template in Amazon SES. */ TemplateName: TEMPLATE_NAME, HtmlPart: ` <h1>Hello, {{contact.firstName}}!</h1> <p> Did you know Amazon has a mascot named Peccy? </p> `, SubjectPart: "Amazon Tip", }, }); }; const run = async () => { const createTemplateCommand = createCreateTemplateCommand(); try { return await sesClient.send(createTemplateCommand); } catch (err) { console.log("Failed to create template.", err); return err; } };
  • For API details, see CreateTemplate in AWS SDK for JavaScript API Reference.

Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
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class SesTemplate: """Encapsulates Amazon SES template functions.""" def __init__(self, ses_client): """ :param ses_client: A Boto3 Amazon SES client. """ self.ses_client = ses_client self.template = None self.template_tags = set() def _extract_tags(self, subject, text, html): """ Extracts tags from a template as a set of unique values. :param subject: The subject of the email. :param text: The text version of the email. :param html: The html version of the email. """ self.template_tags = set(re.findall(TEMPLATE_REGEX, subject + text + html)) logger.info("Extracted template tags: %s", self.template_tags) def create_template(self, name, subject, text, html): """ Creates an email template. :param name: The name of the template. :param subject: The subject of the email. :param text: The plain text version of the email. :param html: The HTML version of the email. """ try: template = { "TemplateName": name, "SubjectPart": subject, "TextPart": text, "HtmlPart": html, } self.ses_client.create_template(Template=template) logger.info("Created template %s.", name) self.template = template self._extract_tags(subject, text, html) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't create template %s.", name) raise
  • For API details, see CreateTemplate in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.