RESPONSE++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Response code: 403

<ErrorResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
  <Error>
    <Type>Sender</Type>
    <Code>SignatureDoesNotMatch</Code>
    <Message>The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your AWS Secret Access Key and signing method. Consult the service documentation for details.</Message>
  </Error>
  <RequestId>a19a5fa1-3228-11e9-b2bc-ddb6d8a1cb1c</RequestId>
</ErrorResponse>


Process finished with exit code 0

import datetime
import hashlib
import hmac
import urllib.parse
import requests
method = 'GET'
service = 'ses'
host = 'email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com'
region = 'us-east-1'
endpoint = 'https://email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/'


def sign(key, msg):
    return hmac.new(key, msg.encode('utf-8'), hashlib.sha256).digest()


def getSignatureKey(key, dateStamp, regionName, serviceName):
    kDate = sign(('AWS4' + key).encode('utf-8'), dateStamp)
    kRegion = sign(kDate, regionName)
    kService = sign(kRegion, serviceName)
    kSigning = sign(kService, 'aws4_request')
    return kSigning


access_key = '<my access_key here>'
secret_key = '<my secret_key here>'
my_email = 'my email here'


t = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
amz_date = t.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ')
datestamp = t.strftime('%Y%m%d')
canonical_uri = '/'
canonical_headers = 'host:' + host + 'n'
signed_headers = 'host'
algorithm = 'AWS4-HMAC-SHA256'
credential_scope = datestamp + '/' + region + '/' + service + '/' + 'aws4_request'

canonical_querystring = '''Action=SendEmail
&Source=%s%40gmail.com
&Destination.ToAddresses.member.1=%s%40gmail.com
&Message.Subject.Data=This%20is%20the%20subject%20line.
&Message.Body.Text.Data=Hello.%20I%20hope%20you%20are%20having%20a%20good%20day''' % (my_email, my_email)

canonical_querystring += '&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256'
canonical_querystring += '&X-Amz-Credential=' + urllib.parse.quote_plus(access_key + '/' + credential_scope)
canonical_querystring += '&X-Amz-Date=' + amz_date
canonical_querystring += '&X-Amz-Expires=30'
canonical_querystring += '&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=' + signed_headers

payload_hash = hashlib.sha256(('').encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
canonical_request = method + 'n' + canonical_uri + 'n' + canonical_querystring + 'n' + canonical_headers + 'n' + signed_headers + 'n' + payload_hash
string_to_sign = algorithm + 'n' +  amz_date + 'n' +  credential_scope + 'n' +  hashlib.sha256(canonical_request.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
signing_key = getSignatureKey(secret_key, datestamp, region, service)
signature = hmac.new(signing_key, (string_to_sign).encode("utf-8"), hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
canonical_querystring += '&X-Amz-Signature=' + signature
request_url = endpoint + "?" + canonical_querystring

print('nBEGIN REQUEST++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++')
print('Request URL = ' + request_url)
r = requests.get(request_url)

print('nRESPONSE++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++')
print('Response code: %dn' % r.status_code)
print(r.text)