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Classic ASP Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Outlook Send HTML Email

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

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.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.AuthToken = "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.)
'  

'  This example will send HTML email containing the following HTML body:

'  	<html>
'  	<head>
'  	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
'  	<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
'  	</head>
'  	<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
'  	<font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email</b>.<br>
'  	</font>
'  	</body>
'  	</html>

'  Build the HTML body...
bCrlf = 1
set sbHtmlBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<html>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<head>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=utf-8"">",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta content=""text/html; charset=utf-8"">",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</head>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<body bgcolor=""#FFFFFF"">",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<font face=""Calibri"">This is a test <b>HTML email</b>.<br>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</font>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</body>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</html>",bCrlf)

'  The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
'  recipients, etc.  This example will build the following JSON HTML email:
'  

'  	{
'  	  "message": {
'  	    "subject": "Sample HTML Email",
'  	    "body": {
'  	      "contentType": "html",
'  	      "content": "The HTML body goes here..."
'  	    },
'  	    "toRecipients": [
'  	      {
'  	        "emailAddress": {
'  		  "name": "Chilkat Software",
'  	          "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
'  	        }
'  	      },
'  	      {
'  	        "emailAddress": {
'  	          "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
'  	        }
'  	      }
'  	    ],
'  	    "ccRecipients": [
'  	      {
'  	        "emailAddress": {
'  		  "name": "Chilkat Blog",
'  		  "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
'  	        }
'  	      }
'  	    ]
'  	  },
'  	  "saveToSentItems": true
'  	}
'  

'  Build the above JSON.
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample HTML email")
success = json.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","html")
success = json.UpdateString("message.body.content",sbHtmlBody.GetAsString())
success = json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Software")
success = json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")
success = json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
success = json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Blog")
success = json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@cknotes.com")
success = json.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",1)

'  Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  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.StatusCode <> 202) Then
    success = json.Load(resp.BodyStr)
    json.EmitCompact = 0
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed, response status code = " & resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Outlook HTML Mail Sent.") & "</pre>"
End If


%>
</body>
</html>