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Use DeleteEmailIdentity with an AWS SDK

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Use DeleteEmailIdentity with an AWS SDK - Amazon Simple Email Service

The following code examples show how to use DeleteEmailIdentity.

Action examples are code excerpts from larger programs and must be run in context. You can see this action in context in the following code example:

.NET
SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

/// <summary> /// Deletes an email identity (email address or domain). /// </summary> /// <param name="emailIdentity">The email address or domain to delete.</param> /// <returns>True if successful.</returns> public async Task<bool> DeleteEmailIdentityAsync(string emailIdentity) { var request = new DeleteEmailIdentityRequest { EmailIdentity = emailIdentity }; try { var response = await _sesClient.DeleteEmailIdentityAsync(request); return response.HttpStatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK; } catch (ConcurrentModificationException ex) { Console.WriteLine($"The email identity {emailIdentity} is being modified by another operation or thread."); Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } catch (NotFoundException ex) { Console.WriteLine($"The email identity {emailIdentity} does not exist."); Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } catch (TooManyRequestsException ex) { Console.WriteLine("Too many requests were made. Please try again later."); Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred while deleting the email identity: {ex.Message}"); } return false; }
Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

try { // Delete the email identity DeleteEmailIdentityRequest deleteIdentityRequest = DeleteEmailIdentityRequest.builder() .emailIdentity(this.verifiedEmail) .build(); sesClient.deleteEmailIdentity(deleteIdentityRequest); System.out.println("Email identity deleted: " + this.verifiedEmail); } catch (NotFoundException e) { // If the email identity does not exist, log the error and proceed System.out.println("Email identity not found. Skipping deletion..."); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println("Error occurred while deleting the email identity: " + e.getMessage()); e.printStackTrace(); } } else { System.out.println("Skipping email identity deletion."); }
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

def main(): """ The main function that orchestrates the execution of the workflow. """ print(INTRO) ses_client = boto3.client("sesv2") workflow = SESv2Workflow(ses_client) try: workflow.prepare_application() workflow.gather_subscriber_email_addresses() workflow.send_coupon_newsletter() workflow.monitor_and_review() except ClientError as e: print_error(e) workflow.clean_up() class SESv2Workflow: """ A class to manage the SES v2 Coupon Newsletter Workflow. """ def __init__(self, ses_client, sleep=True): self.ses_client = ses_client self.sleep = sleep try: self.ses_client.delete_email_identity(EmailIdentity=self.verified_email) print(f"Email identity '{self.verified_email}' deleted successfully.") except ClientError as e: # If the email identity doesn't exist, skip and proceed if e.response["Error"]["Code"] == "NotFoundException": print(f"Email identity '{self.verified_email}' does not exist.") else: print(e)
Rust
SDK for Rust
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

match self .client .delete_email_identity() .email_identity(self.verified_email.clone()) .send() .await { Ok(_) => writeln!(self.stdout, "Email identity deleted successfully.")?, Err(e) => { return Err(anyhow!("Error deleting email identity: {}", e)); } }
SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

/// <summary> /// Deletes an email identity (email address or domain). /// </summary> /// <param name="emailIdentity">The email address or domain to delete.</param> /// <returns>True if successful.</returns> public async Task<bool> DeleteEmailIdentityAsync(string emailIdentity) { var request = new DeleteEmailIdentityRequest { EmailIdentity = emailIdentity }; try { var response = await _sesClient.DeleteEmailIdentityAsync(request); return response.HttpStatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK; } catch (ConcurrentModificationException ex) { Console.WriteLine($"The email identity {emailIdentity} is being modified by another operation or thread."); Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } catch (NotFoundException ex) { Console.WriteLine($"The email identity {emailIdentity} does not exist."); Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } catch (TooManyRequestsException ex) { Console.WriteLine("Too many requests were made. Please try again later."); Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred while deleting the email identity: {ex.Message}"); } return false; }

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using Amazon SES with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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