Delphi DLL
Send GMail with Attachments

Demonstrates how to send an email containing attachments using the GMail REST API.
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Delphi DLL
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Http, StringBuilder, HttpResponse, Email;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
email: HCkEmail;
cid: PWideChar;
sbHtml: HCkStringBuilder;
numReplacements: Integer;
mimeType: PWideChar;
sbMime: HCkStringBuilder;
http: HCkHttp;
url: PWideChar;
sendGzipped: Boolean;
resp: HCkHttpResponse;

begin
success := False;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
email := CkEmail_Create();

// The From name/address don't need to be specified. 
// GMail will automatically use your Gmail address if the following 2 lines are omitted.
CkEmail_putFromName(email,'My Name');
CkEmail_putFromAddress(email,'my_account_name@gmail.com');

CkEmail_AddTo(email,'John Smith','somebody@somewhere.com');
// To add more recipients, make additional calls to AddTo or AddCC, one per recipient...

CkEmail_putSubject(email,'This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.');
CkEmail_putCharset(email,'utf-8');
CkEmail_AddPlainTextAlternativeBody(email,'This is a test');

// Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
cid := CkEmail__addRelatedFile(email,'qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
sbHtml := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbHtml,'<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src="cid:STARFISH_CID"/></body></html>');
numReplacements := CkStringBuilder_Replace(sbHtml,'STARFISH_CID',cid);

CkEmail_AddHtmlAlternativeBody(email,CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbHtml));

// Add some attachments..
mimeType := CkEmail__addFileAttachment(email,'qa_data/helloWorld.pdf');
if (CkEmail_getLastMethodSuccess(email) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to add PDF attachment.');
    Exit;
  end;
mimeType := CkEmail__addFileAttachment(email,'qa_data/msword/sample2.docx');
if (CkEmail_getLastMethodSuccess(email) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to add MS-Word attachment.');
    Exit;
  end;

// OK.. we now have an HTML email with 2 attachments..
sbMime := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkEmail_GetMimeSb(email,sbMime);

// Send the email.  (GMail has a 5MB limit on the total email size.)
http := CkHttp_Create();
CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,'GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN');

// Send using the simple upload request for the Gmail API
url := 'https://www.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send?uploadType=media';
sendGzipped := True;

resp := CkHttpResponse_Create();
success := CkHttp_HttpSb(http,'POST',url,sbMime,'utf-8','message/rfc822',resp);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

// A status code of 200 indicates success.
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code: ' + IntToStr(CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp)));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response body:');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));

// The response body contains JSON.
// Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
// to generate JSON parsing code.

// A sample successful JSON response:

// {
//  "id": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
//  "threadId": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
//  "labelIds": [
//   "SENT"
//  ]
// }

CkEmail_Dispose(email);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHtml);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbMime);
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

end;