Lua

SendRawEmail (HTML Email with PDF Attachment)

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Demonstrates how to use the SES SendRawEmail action to send an email with an attachment. Note: The total size of an SES email cannot exceed 10MB.

See SES SendRawEmail for more information.

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

-- Let's first prepare the email to be sent..
local email = chilkat.Email.new()
email.charset = "utf-8"
email.subject = "Test email with PDF attachment."
email:set_html_body("<html><body><p>This is a test <b>HTML email with a PDF attachment</b></p></body></html>")

-- The AddFileAttachment method returns the content-type selected based on the
-- file extension.   This example has no need of using the return value..
local contentType = email:add_file_attachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
if not email.last_method_success then
    print(email.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Add the From header, and some recipients.
-- The From address should be an email address verified for use
-- as a sender for your Amazon SES account.
-- The From address will also be the Source parameter for the SES SendRawEmail request.
email.from = "Chilkat Software <admin@chilkatdownload.com>"

-- Add recipients...
-- Note: We DO NOT add BCC recipients to the email.  A BCC address should not be
-- present in the MIME header of the email (otherwise it would not be "blind" because
-- other recipients would be able to see it).
-- These same addresses will be added as parameters to the SendRawEmail request.
-- (BCC addresses are added as parameters at that time.)
email:add_to("Mr. Simulator", "success@simulator.amazonses.com")
email:add_cc("Chilkat Support", "support@chilkatsoft.com")
email:add_cc("Some Yahoo", "somebody@yahoo.com")

-- Get the MIME of the email to be sent.
local mimeStr = email:get_mime()

-- We'll need the MIME base64 encoded for the SES REST request..
local crypt = chilkat.Crypt2.new()
local mimeBase64 = crypt:encode_string(mimeStr, "utf-8", "base64")

-- OK.. our MIME email is prepared.  Now use Chilkat REST to send it..

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

-- Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
-- such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
local bTls = true
local port = 443
local bAutoReconnect = true
local success = rest:connect("email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com", port, bTls, bAutoReconnect)

-- Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
local authAws = chilkat.AuthAws.new()
authAws.access_key = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.secret_key = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
-- the region should match our URL above..
authAws.region = "us-west-2"
authAws.service_name = "ses"

rest:set_auth_aws(authAws)

rest:add_query_param("Action", "SendRawEmail")

rest:add_query_param("RawMessage.Data", mimeBase64)

-- Add up to 100 TO, CC, and BCC recipients.
-- If your SES account is still in the sandbox, you also must verify every recipient email address except for the recipients
-- provided by the Amazon SES mailbox simulator. (See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/mailbox-simulator.html)
rest:add_query_param("Destination.ToAddresses.member.1", "success@simulator.amazonses.com")
-- Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
-- Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
-- Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
rest:add_query_param("Destination.CcAddresses.member.1", "support@chilkatsoft.com")
rest:add_query_param("Destination.CcAddresses.member.2", "somebody@yahoo.com")
rest:add_query_param("Destination.BccAddresses.member.1", "somebody@gmail.com")

rest:add_query_param("Source", "admin@chilkatdownload.com")

-- Because there may be a large amount of data in the query params, use a POST
-- where the params are sent in the body of the HTTP Request.
local responseXml = rest:full_request_form_url_encoded("POST", "/")
if not rest.last_method_success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if rest.response_status_code ~= 200 then
    print("response status code = " .. rest.response_status_code)
    print("response status text = " .. rest.response_status_text)
    print("response header: " .. rest.response_header)
    print("response body: " .. responseXml)
    return
end

-- Examine the successful XML response.
local xml = chilkat.Xml.new()
xml:load_xml(responseXml)
print(xml:get_xml())

-- To get the MessageId
print("MessageId: " .. xml:chilkat_path("SendEmailResult|MessageId|*"))

-- A sample successful response:
-- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-- <SendEmailResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
--     <SendEmailResult>
--         <MessageId>010101579081d2c1-043c693f-5a23-4c64-a8c1-66187d3725a0-000000</MessageId>
--     </SendEmailResult>
--     <ResponseMetadata>
--         <RequestId>e2b5b480-8a4e-11e6-85cd-21b1f1f6d432</RequestId>
--     </ResponseMetadata>
-- </SendEmailResponse>