Node.js
Send GMail using REST API

Demonstrates how to send an email using the GMail REST API.
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Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var 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.
    var email = new chilkat.Email();

    //  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.FromName = "My Name";
    email.FromAddress = "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.Subject = "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.";
    email.Charset = "utf-8";
    email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a test");

    //  Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
    var cid = email.AddRelatedFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    var sbHtml = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbHtml.Append("<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src=\"cid:STARFISH_CID\"/></body></html>");
    var 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.
    var sbMime = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    email.GetMimeSb(sbMime);
    sbMime.Encode("base64url","utf-8");

    //  The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.UpdateSb("raw",sbMime);

    //  Send the email...
    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN";

    var url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send";
    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST",url,json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  A status code of 200 indicates success.
    console.log("Response status code: " + resp.StatusCode);
    console.log("Response body:");
    console.log(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"
    //   ]
    //  }

}

chilkatExample();