AWS SES

related docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/v3/latest/client/sesv2/command/SendEmailCommand/

Next.js & Node v22 ENV

Initialize


import { SESv2Client, SendEmailCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-sesv2';
 
const sesClient = new SESv2Client({
  region: process.env.AWS_SES_REGION,
  credentials: {
    accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID!,
    secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY!,
  },
});

Verification


if (!process.env.AWS_SES_REGION || !process.env.AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID ||
    !process.env.AWS_SES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY || !process.env.AWS_SES_FROM_EMAIL) {
  console.error('Missing AWS SES environment variables');
  return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Email service configuration error' }, { status: 500 });
}

Send Email


const command = new SendEmailCommand({
  FromEmailAddress: process.env.AWS_SES_FROM_EMAIL,
  Destination: {
    ToAddresses: [email],
  },
  Content: {
    Simple: {
      Subject: {
        Data: '[HATS Download] Email Verification Code',
        Charset: 'UTF-8',
      },
      Body: {
        Text: {
          Data: `Your verification code is: ${code}\n\nPlease enter this code within 5 minutes.`,
          Charset: 'UTF-8',
        },
      },
    },
  },
});
 
await sesClient.send(command);