NodeJS Send an email using pinpoint template with variables - aws-sdk

Question

I'm using #aws-sdk/client-pinpoint to send an email to a verified user.
async sendEmail(body: any): Promise<void> {
const fromAddress = 'test#domain.com';
const toAddress = 'test#domain.com';
const projectId = 'XXX-XXXX-XXXX';
const subject = 'Amazon Pinpoint Test (AWS SDK for JavaScript in Node.js)';
const body_text = `Amazon Pinpoint Test (SDK for JavaScript in Node.js)`;
const charset = 'UTF-8';
const params = {
ApplicationId: projectId,
MessageRequest: {
Addresses: {
[toAddress]: {
ChannelType: 'EMAIL',
},
},
MessageConfiguration: {
EmailMessage: {
FromAddress: fromAddress,
SimpleEmail: {
Subject: {
Charset: charset,
Data: subject,
},
HtmlPart: {
Charset: charset,
Data: 'body_html',
},
TextPart: {
Charset: charset,
Data: body_text,
},
},
},
},
},
};
try {
const data = await this.pinpointClient.send(new SendMessagesCommand(params));
const { MessageResponse } = data;
if (!MessageResponse || !MessageResponse.Result) throw Error('Failed!');
const recipientResult = MessageResponse?.Result[toAddress];
if (recipientResult.StatusCode !== 200) {
throw new Error(recipientResult.StatusMessage);
} else {
console.log(recipientResult.MessageId);
}
} catch (err) {
console.log(err.message);
}
}
And everything is working fine. But when I try to use a pre-defined template, it is not being send for some reason and no errors were shown as well! I'm lost on how to pass template Name/ARN with substitution. Any idea on how to achieve that?
Cheers!

Answer 1

use Template Configuration in message configuration
TemplateConfiguration: {
EmailTemplate: {
'Name': 'template name',
'Version': 'latest'
}
}
async sendEmail(body: any): Promise<void> {
const fromAddress = 'test#domain.com';
const toAddress = 'test#domain.com';
const projectId = 'XXX-XXXX-XXXX';
const subject = 'Amazon Pinpoint Test (AWS SDK for JavaScript in Node.js)';
const body_text = `Amazon Pinpoint Test (SDK for JavaScript in Node.js)`;
const charset = 'UTF-8';
const params = {
ApplicationId: projectId,
MessageRequest: {
Addresses: {
[toAddress]: {
ChannelType: 'EMAIL',
},
},
MessageConfiguration: {
EmailMessage: {
FromAddress: fromAddress,
SimpleEmail: {
Subject: {
Charset: charset,
Data: subject,
},
HtmlPart: {
Charset: charset,
Data: 'body_html',
},
TextPart: {
Charset: charset,
Data: body_text,
},
},
},
},
TemplateConfiguration: {
EmailTemplate: {
'Name': 'template name',
'Version': 'latest'
}
}
},
};
try {
const data = await this.pinpointClient.send(new SendMessagesCommand(params));
const { MessageResponse } = data;
if (!MessageResponse || !MessageResponse.Result) throw Error('Failed!');
const recipientResult = MessageResponse?.Result[toAddress];
if (recipientResult.StatusCode !== 200) {
throw new Error(recipientResult.StatusMessage);
} else {
console.log(recipientResult.MessageId);
}
} catch (err) {
console.log(err.message);
}
}