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Outlook Send Email with Attachments

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This example sends a plain-text email with attachments. Other examples exist for:
  • Sending plain-text email.
  • Sending HTML email.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.

This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com

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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, BinData, HttpResponse, JsonObject;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
http: HCkHttp;
attach1: HCkBinData;
attach2: HCkBinData;
json: HCkJsonObject;
resp: HCkHttpResponse;

begin
success := False;

// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.

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

http := CkHttp_Create();

// Use your previously obtained access token here:
// See the following examples for getting an access token:
//    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
//    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
//    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
//    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).

CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,'MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN');

// To send mail, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
// 
// POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
// 
// (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
// 

// Load the files to be attached.
attach1 := CkBinData_Create();
CkBinData_LoadFile(attach1,'qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf');
attach2 := CkBinData_Create();
CkBinData_LoadFile(attach2,'qa_data/msword/sample.docx');

// The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
// recipients, etc.  This example will build the following JSON plain-text email:
// 

// 	{
// 	  "message": {
// 	    "subject": "Sample Email with Attachments",
// 	    "body": {
// 	      "contentType": "Text",
// 	      "content": "This is the plain-text body..."
// 	    },
// 	    "toRecipients": [
// 	      {
// 	        "emailAddress": {
// 		  "name": "Chilkat Software",
// 	          "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
// 	        }
// 	      },
// 	      {
// 	        "emailAddress": {
// 	          "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// 	        }
// 	      }
// 	    ],
// 	    "ccRecipients": [
// 	      {
// 	        "emailAddress": {
// 		  "name": "Chilkat Blog",
// 		  "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
// 	        }
// 	      }
// 	    ],
// 	    "attachments": [
// 	       {
// 	         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// 	         "name": "fishing.pdf",
// 	         "contentType": "application/pdf",
// 	         "size": <theActualSize>,
// 	         "isInline": false,
// 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// 	       },
// 	       {
// 	         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// 	         "name": "sample.docx",
// 	         "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
// 	         "size": <theActualSize>,
// 	         "isInline": false,
// 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// 	       }
// 	    ]
// 	  },
// 	  "saveToSentItems": true
// 	}
// 
// Build the above JSON.
json := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.subject','Sample Email with Attachments');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.body.contentType','Text');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.body.content','This is the plain-text body...');

CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name','Chilkat Software');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address','admin@chilkat.io');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address','chilkat.support@gmail.com');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name','Chilkat Blog');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address','admin@cknotes.com');

CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.attachments[0]."@odata.type"','#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.attachments[0].name','fishing.pdf');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.attachments[0].contentType','application/pdf');
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt(json,'message.attachments[0].size',CkBinData_getNumBytes(attach1));
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool(json,'message.attachments[0].isInline',False);
CkJsonObject_UpdateBd(json,'message.attachments[0].contentBytes','base64',attach1);

CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.attachments[1]."@odata.type"','#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.attachments[1].name','sample.docx');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'message.attachments[1].contentType','application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document');
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt(json,'message.attachments[1].size',CkBinData_getNumBytes(attach2));
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool(json,'message.attachments[1].isInline',False);
CkJsonObject_UpdateBd(json,'message.attachments[1].contentBytes','base64',attach2);

CkJsonObject_UpdateBool(json,'saveToSentItems',True);

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// -------------------------------------------------------------

// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
resp := CkHttpResponse_Create();
success := CkHttp_HttpJson(http,'POST','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail',json,'application/json',resp);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

// The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
// In the success case, there is no response body.  (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
if (CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp) <> 202) then
  begin
    CkJsonObject_Load(json,CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));
    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,False);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__emit(json));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed, response status code = ' + IntToStr(CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp)));
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Outlook Mail with Attachments Sent.');
  end;

CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkBinData_Dispose(attach1);
CkBinData_Dispose(attach2);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

end;