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I recently worked on a project where the requirement was to send emails via Amazon SES, and here in this article I will share with you what I learn.

# Setting up AWS SES driver in Laravel

*Remembering that before that it is necessary to go to the AWS console and configure an email address and enable sending.*

Install AWS SDK with this command: `composer require aws/aws-sdk-php`.

Open and edit your .env file which is found in root of your Laravel application:

```env
MAIL_MAILER=ses
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=
MAIL_FROM_NAME=

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=
AWS_BUCKET=
AWS_SES_CONFIGURATION_SET_NAME=bounces
```

Go to config/services.php, and config it as follows:

```php
<?php

return [
  ...
  'ses' => [
    'key' => env('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'),
    'secret' => env('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'),
    'region' => env('AWS_DEFAULT_REGION'),
    'configuration_set' => env('AWS_SES_CONFIGURATION_SET_NAME'),
  ]
];
```

# Creating email

Let’s generate a Laravel Mailable with this command:

```bash
php artisan make:mail TestSendAmazonSesMail
```

You should now have a file at this path: `app/Mails/TestSendAmazonSesMail.php`. Add this content to it:

```php
<?php

namespace App\Mail;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Mail\Message;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;

class TestSendAmazonSesMail extends Mailable implements ShouldQueue {

  use Queueable, SerializesModels;

  public function __construct() {}

  public function build(): Mailable {
    return $this->from('from@mail.com')
      ->subject('Subject')
      ->view('path-to-view', [])
      ->withSwiftMessage(function ($objMessage) {
        /* @var $objMessage Message */
        $objMessage->getHeaders()->addTextHeader('x-ses-configuration-set', config('services.ses.configuration_set'));
    });
  }

}
```

Now we just have to send the email where we want. I will create a route /test to test that everything works well.

In `web/routes.php` add:

```php
<?php
...
Route::get('test', function () {
  Mail::to('john.doe@mail.com')->send(new TestSendAmazonSesMail('It works!'));
});
```

You should receive the email on the indicated address.

I hope this helps. Thanks! ✌️ 

Sending emails with AWS SES in Laravel

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