Send emails using aws ses sdk(Java) from region Asia Pacific (Mumbai)

Question

I was trying to send emails using aws ses java sdk from the region Asia Pacific (Mumbai). See the below code which i tried AWSClientService(for getting credentials, client, create template etc.)

@Service
public class AWSClientServiceImpl implements AWSClientService {

@Value("${aws.ses.accesKey}")
private String accessKey;

@Value("${aws.ses.secretKey}")
private String secretKey;

@Override
public AWSCredentialsProvider getAWSCredentials(){
    BasicAWSCredentials credentials = new BasicAWSCredentials(accessKey,secretKey);
    return new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(credentials);
}

@Override
public AmazonSimpleEmailService getAmazonSESClient(){
    return AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClientBuilder.standard()
            .withCredentials(getAWSCredentials())
            .withRegion(Regions.AP_SOUTH_1).build();
}

@Override
public VerifyEmailIdentityResult verifyEmailIdentity(AmazonSimpleEmailService client, String emailAddress){
    VerifyEmailIdentityRequest emailIdentityRequest = new VerifyEmailIdentityRequest().withEmailAddress(emailAddress);
    return client.verifyEmailIdentity(emailIdentityRequest);
}

@Override
public CreateTemplateResult createTemplate(AmazonSimpleEmailService amazonSES, String templateName, String subjectPart, String htmlPart) {
    Template template = new Template();
    template.setTemplateName(templateName);
    template.setSubjectPart(subjectPart);
    template.setHtmlPart(htmlPart);
    CreateTemplateRequest createTemplateRequest = new CreateTemplateRequest();
    createTemplateRequest.setTemplate(template);
    return amazonSES.createTemplate(createTemplateRequest);
}
}

Using this i try to send email from another class

public void sendSimpleSESMessage(){
    final String FROM = "test@sample.com";
    final String TO = "test@sample.com";
    final String SUBJECT = "Amazon SES test (AWS SDK for Java)";
    final String HTMLBODY = "<h1>Amazon SES test (AWS SDK for Java)</h1>"
            + "<p>This email was sent with <a href='https://aws.amazon.com/ses/'>"
            + "Amazon SES</a> using the <a href='https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/'>"
            + "AWS SDK for Java</a>";
    final String TEXTBODY = "This email was sent through Amazon SES "
            + "using the AWS SDK for Java.";
    try {
        AmazonSimpleEmailService client = awsClientService.getAmazonSESClient();
        log.info("Email Verification for " + FROM + " started");
        VerifyEmailIdentityResult verifyEmailIdentityResult = awsClientService.verifyEmailIdentity(client, FROM);
        log.info("Email verification for " + FROM + " completed");
        SendEmailRequest request = new SendEmailRequest()
                .withDestination(
                        new Destination().withToAddresses(TO))
                .withMessage(new com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.model.Message()
                        .withBody(new Body()
                                .withHtml(new Content()
                                        .withCharset("UTF-8").withData(HTMLBODY))
                                .withText(new Content()
                                        .withCharset("UTF-8").withData(TEXTBODY)))
                        .withSubject(new Content()
                                .withCharset("UTF-8").withData(SUBJECT)))
                .withSource(FROM);
        client.sendEmail(request);
        log.info("Email was sent from "+FROM+" to "+TO);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
}

When i try to execute this method i got an exception

com.amazonaws.SdkClientException: Unable to execute HTTP request: Connect to email.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com:443 [email.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/13.126.113.212, email.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/35.154.131.193, email.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/13.126.245.211] failed: connect timed out

What may be the reason ? Is it because of i used the region Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ? If so, which region should i use ? As i am an Indian can i use other regions? I am beginner in aws ses. Please help me

Answer 1

I changed the region to US East (N. Virginia), then it worked. Make sure the firewall is not blocked