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Send GMail using REST API
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Demonstrates how to send an email using the GMail REST API.Chilkat Go Downloads
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 := chilkat.NewEmail()
// The From name/address don't need to be specified.
// GMail will automatically use your Gmail address if the following 2 lines are omitted.
email.SetFromName("My Name")
email.SetFromAddress("my_account_name@gmail.com")
email.AddTo("John Smith","somebody@somewhere.com")
// To add more recipients, make additional calls to AddTo or AddCC, one per recipient...
email.SetSubject("This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.")
email.SetCharset("utf-8")
email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a test")
// Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
cid := email.AddRelatedFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
sbHtml := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
sbHtml.Append("<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src=\"cid:STARFISH_CID\"/></body></html>")
numReplacements := sbHtml.Replace("STARFISH_CID",*cid)
email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(*sbHtml.GetAsString())
// OK.. we now have an HTML email with an embedded JPG image
// We'll need to get the full MIME of the email encoded to a base64url string.
sbMime := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
email.GetMimeSb(sbMime)
sbMime.Encode("base64url","utf-8")
// The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
json.UpdateSb("raw",sbMime)
// Send the email...
http := chilkat.NewHttp()
http.SetAuthToken("GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN")
url := "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send"
resp := chilkat.NewHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpJson("POST",url,json,"application/json",resp)
if success == false {
fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
email.DisposeEmail()
sbHtml.DisposeStringBuilder()
sbMime.DisposeStringBuilder()
json.DisposeJsonObject()
http.DisposeHttp()
resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
return
}
// A status code of 200 indicates success.
fmt.Println("Response status code: ", resp.StatusCode())
fmt.Println("Response body:")
fmt.Println(resp.BodyStr())
// 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"
// ]
// }
email.DisposeEmail()
sbHtml.DisposeStringBuilder()
sbMime.DisposeStringBuilder()
json.DisposeJsonObject()
http.DisposeHttp()
resp.DisposeHttpResponse()