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diff --git a/messaging/ses/README.md b/messaging/ses/README.md
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+# ses
+
+Send emails with AWS SES in your Graphcool project 🎁
+
+## Getting Started
+
+### 1. Add the template to your Graphcool service
+
+```sh
+graphcool add-template graphcool/templates/messaging/ses
+```
+
+### 2. Uncomment lines in `graphcool.yml` and `types.graphql`
+
+The [`add-template`](https://docs-next.graph.cool/reference/graphcool-cli/commands-aiteerae6l#graphcool-add-template) command is performing three major steps:
+
+1. Download the source files from the [`src`](./src) directory and put them into your service's `src` directory (into a subdirectory called `ses`).
+2. Download the contents from [`graphcool.yml`](./graphcool.yml) and append them as comments to your service's `graphcool.yml`.
+3. Download the contents from [`types.graphql`](./types.graphql) and append them as comments to your service's `types.graphql`.
+
+In order for the changes to take effect, you need to manually uncomment all the lines that have been added by the `add-template` command.
+
+### 3. Setup AWS SES credentials
+
+You need to configure these credentials as environment variables:
+
+In your base project, you need to configure the following **environment variables**.
+
+- `ACCESS_KEY_ID`: AWS Access Key ID
+- `SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`: AWS Secret Access Key
+- `REGION`: AWS Region (example: us-west-2)
+
+You can read more about managing your Access Keys [in the AWS docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/managing-aws-access-keys.html). Note: You'll need to create an account.
+
+An easy way to setup environment variables is using [direnv](https://direnv.net/).
+To use `direnv`, put the following into `.envrc` in you project root:
+
+```sh
+export ACCESS_KEY_ID=xxx
+export SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxx
+export REGION=xxx
+```
+
+### 4. Deploy the service
+
+Finally, you need to install the [node dependencies](./package.json#L2) and apply all the changes you just made by deploying the service:
+
+```sh
+npm install
+graphcool deploy
+```
+
+## Test the Code
+
+Use the `sendSesEmail` mutation to send emails according to its parameters:
+
+* `from: String!`: sender email
+* `to: [String!]!`: a list of recipient emails
+* `subject: String!`: the email subject
+* `text: String!`: the text body of the email
+* `html: String!`: the html body of the email
+
+**Important Note:** You can only use verified emails to send and receive. You can learn more [from the AWS docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/verify-email-addresses.html)
+
+Go to the Graphcool Playground:
+
+```sh
+graphcool playground
+```
+
+Hook into the function logs:
+
+```sh
+graphcool logs -f sendEmail --tail
+```
+
+Run this mutation to send a new email:
+
+```graphql
+mutation {
+  sendSesEmail(
+    from: "__SENDER_EMAIL__"
+    to: "__RECIPIENT_EMAIL__"
+    subject: "A new email from the Graphcool SES template!"
+    html: "<b>This is your first email from the Graphcool SES template!</b>"
+    text: "This is your first email from the Graphcool SES template!"
+  ) {
+    success
+  }
+}
+```
+
+![](http://i.imgur.com/5RHR6Ku.png)
diff --git a/messaging/ses/graphcool.yml b/messaging/ses/graphcool.yml
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+types: ./types.graphql
+
+functions:
+  sendEmail:
+    handler:
+      code: 
+        src: src/sendEmail.ts
+        environment:
+          ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${env:ACCESS_KEY_ID}
+          SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${env:SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
+          REGION: ${env:REGION}
+    type: resolver
+    schema: src/sendEmail.graphql
diff --git a/messaging/ses/package.json b/messaging/ses/package.json
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+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "aws-sdk": "^2.135.0",
+    "graphcool-lib": "^0.1.3"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^8.0.45"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/messaging/ses/src/sendEmail.graphql b/messaging/ses/src/sendEmail.graphql
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+type SesEmailPayload {
+  success: Boolean!
+}
+
+extend type Mutation {
+  sendSesEmail(
+    from: String!
+    to: [String!]!
+    subject: String!
+    text: String!
+    html: String!
+  ): SesEmailPayload!
+}
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diff --git a/messaging/ses/src/sendEmail.ts b/messaging/ses/src/sendEmail.ts
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+import * as aws from 'aws-sdk'
+import { FunctionEvent } from 'graphcool-lib'
+
+const ses = new aws.SES({
+  region: process.env.REGION,
+  accessKeyId: process.env.ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+  secretAccessKey: process.env.SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
+})
+
+
+interface EventData {
+  from: string
+  to: [string]
+  subject: string
+  text: string
+  html: string
+}
+
+export default async (event: FunctionEvent<EventData>) => {
+  console.log(event)
+
+  console.log(process.env)
+
+  if (!process.env['ACCESS_KEY_ID']) {
+    console.log('Please provide a valid AWS Access Key ID!')
+    return { error: 'Module not configured correctly.' }
+  }
+
+  if (!process.env['SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']) {
+    console.log('Please provide a valid AWS Secret Access Key!')
+    return { error: 'Module not configured correctly.' }
+  }
+
+  if (!process.env['REGION']) {
+    console.log(`Please provide a valid AWS region, for example 'us-east-2'!`)
+    return { error: 'Module not configured correctly.' }
+  }
+
+  try {
+
+    const { to, from, subject, text, html } = event.data
+
+    const params = {
+      Destination: {
+        ToAddresses: to
+      },
+      Message: {
+        Body: {
+          Html: {
+            Charset: 'UTF-8',
+            Data: html
+          },
+          Text: {
+            Charset: 'UTF-8',
+            Data: text
+          },
+        },
+        Subject: {
+          Charset: 'UTF-8',
+          Data: subject
+        }
+      },
+      ReturnPath: from,
+      Source: from
+    }
+
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      ses.sendEmail(params, (err) => {
+        if (err) {
+          throw new Error(JSON.stringify(err))
+        } else {
+          resolve({})
+        }
+      })
+    })
+
+    return { data: { success: true } }
+  } catch(e) {
+    console.log(`Email could not be sent because an error occured:`)
+    console.log(e)
+    return { error: 'An unexpected error occured while sending email.' }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/messaging/ses/types.graphql b/messaging/ses/types.graphql
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