Sending emails in Spring Boot with Amazon SES SMTP Interface

DefaultController.java

package com.example.demo;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

@RestController
@RequestMapping("api/v1")
public class DefaultController {

    @Autowired
    private EmailService emailService;

    @GetMapping("/index")
    public void index() {
        String recipient = "<YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS>";
        String subject = "Amazon SES SMTP Interface";
        String content = "<p>Hi there, this is a test email.</p>";

        try {
            emailService.sendEmail(recipient, subject, content);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException | MessagingException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getStackTrace());
        }
    }

}