Trigger a Typescript AWS Lambda on Receiving an Email with SES

In this blog post, we’ll discuss how to trigger a Typescript AWS Lambda function when you receive an email in AWS SES. We’ll be using SST V2 in this example, but it’s easily convertible to CDK if needed.

As a prerequisite, you’ll need to set up a verified identity and inbound rule in Route 53 for this to work. The docs found here are pretty straightforward.

Infrastructure as Code (IAC)

First, we need to set up the stack and IAC …

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