Send an email using SES and Node.js

gistfile1.js

// load aws sdk
var aws = require('aws-sdk');

// load aws config
aws.config.loadFromPath('config.json');

// load AWS SES
var ses = new aws.SES({apiVersion: '2010-12-01'});

// send to list
var to = ['[email protected]']

// this must relate to a verified SES account
var from = '[email protected]'


// this sends the email
// @todo - add HTML version
ses.sendEmail( 
	{ 
		Source: from, 
		Destination: { ToAddresses: to },
		Message: {
			Subject: {
				Data: 'A Message To You Rudy'
			},
			Body: {
				Text: {
					Data: 'Stop your messing around',
				}
			}
		}
	}
, function(err, data) {
	if(err) throw err
	console.log('Email sent:');
	console.log(data);
});