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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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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkBinDataW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool 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.

    CkHttpW http;

    //  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).

    http.put_AuthToken(L"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.
    CkBinDataW attach1;
    attach1.LoadFile(L"qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf");
    CkBinDataW attach2;
    attach2.LoadFile(L"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.
    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.UpdateString(L"message.subject",L"Sample Email with Attachments");
    json.UpdateString(L"message.body.contentType",L"Text");
    json.UpdateString(L"message.body.content",L"This is the plain-text body...");

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

    json.UpdateString(L"message.attachments[0].\"@odata.type\"",L"#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment");
    json.UpdateString(L"message.attachments[0].name",L"fishing.pdf");
    json.UpdateString(L"message.attachments[0].contentType",L"application/pdf");
    json.UpdateInt(L"message.attachments[0].size",attach1.get_NumBytes());
    json.UpdateBool(L"message.attachments[0].isInline",false);
    json.UpdateBd(L"message.attachments[0].contentBytes",L"base64",attach1);

    json.UpdateString(L"message.attachments[1].\"@odata.type\"",L"#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment");
    json.UpdateString(L"message.attachments[1].name",L"sample.docx");
    json.UpdateString(L"message.attachments[1].contentType",L"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document");
    json.UpdateInt(L"message.attachments[1].size",attach2.get_NumBytes());
    json.UpdateBool(L"message.attachments[1].isInline",false);
    json.UpdateBd(L"message.attachments[1].contentBytes",L"base64",attach2);

    json.UpdateBool(L"saveToSentItems",true);

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

    //  Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
    CkHttpResponseW resp;
    success = http.HttpJson(L"POST",L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",json,L"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  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 (resp.get_StatusCode() != 202) {
        json.Load(resp.bodyStr());
        json.put_EmitCompact(false);
        wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
        wprintf(L"Failed, response status code = %d\n",resp.get_StatusCode());
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"Outlook Mail with Attachments Sent.\n");
    }
    }