Node.js
Send HTML Email with Attachments

Demonstrates how to send an HTML email with file attachments.
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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.

    var mailman = new chilkat.MailMan();

    mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my-starttls-mail-server.com";

    mailman.SmtpUsername = "MY-SMTP-USERNAME";
    mailman.SmtpPassword = "MY-SMTP-PASSWORD";

    mailman.StartTLS = true;
    mailman.SmtpPort = 587;

    // Create a new email object
    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    email.Subject = "Test SMTP API to Send HTML Email with Attachments";
    email.From = "Joe Programmer <joe@my-starttls-mail-server.com>";
    email.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com");

    // Add a plain-text alternative body, which will likely never be seen.
    // (It is shown if the receiving email client is incapable of displaying HTML email.)
    email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a plain-text alternative body...");

    // Our HTML will include an image, so add the related image here.
    var contentIdStarfish = email.AddRelatedFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    if (email.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(email.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
    var sbHtml = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbHtml.Append("<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>");
    sbHtml.Append("<p><img src=\"cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH\" /></p></body></html>");
    var numReplacements = sbHtml.Replace("CONTENT_ID_STARFISH",contentIdStarfish);

    email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(sbHtml.GetAsString());

    // Finally, add some attachments to the email.
    // Add a file attachment.
    success = email.AddFileAttachment2("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf","application/pdf");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(email.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Add an attachment where the content is contained in a string.
    var content = "This is the content of the 2nd attached file.";
    email.AddStringAttachment("someText.txt",content);

    // Send the HTML email.
    success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
    }

    console.log("HTML email with attachments sent!");

}

chilkatExample();