(SQL Server) Outlook Send Email using MIME Format

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This example sends an email using MIME format via the Microsoft Graph Outlook REST API.

For more information, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/user-sendmail?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http#example-4-send-a-new-message-using-mime-format

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @http int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- 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).

    DECLARE @jsonToken int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonToken OUT

    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jsonToken, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        RETURN
      END
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'access_token'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', @sTmp0

    -- To send email, 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.)
    -- 

    -- The body of the POST request will contain the MIME source of the email in base64 format.

    -- Create a new email object
    DECLARE @email int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Email" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'Test Outlook API to Send HTML Email with Attachments'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'Mary <mary@somewhere.com>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', @success OUT, 'Joe', 'joe@example.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.)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddPlainTextAlternativeBody', @success OUT, 'This is a plain-text alternative body...'

    -- Our HTML will include an image, so add the related image here.
    DECLARE @contentIdStarfish nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddRelatedFile', @contentIdStarfish OUT, 'qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    -- The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
    DECLARE @sbHtml int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbHtml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtml, 'Append', @success OUT, '<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtml, 'Append', @success OUT, '<p><img src="cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH" /></p></body></html>'
    DECLARE @numReplacements int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtml, 'Replace', @numReplacements OUT, 'CONTENT_ID_STARFISH', @contentIdStarfish

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtml, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddHtmlAlternativeBody', @success OUT, @sTmp0

    -- Finally, add some attachments to the email.
    -- Add a file attachment.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddFileAttachment2', @success OUT, 'qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf', 'application/pdf'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbHtml
        RETURN
      END

    -- Add an attachment where the content is contained in a string.
    DECLARE @content nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @content = 'This is the content of the 2nd attached file.'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddStringAttachment', @success OUT, 'someText.txt', @content

    -- Get the email as multi-line base64..
    DECLARE @bdMime int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.BinData', @bdMime OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetMimeBd', @success OUT, @bdMime

    -- Now get it as multi-line base64
    DECLARE @sbBase64 int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbBase64 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @bdMime, 'GetEncodedSb', @success OUT, 'base64_mime', @sbBase64

    -- Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the email)
    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'PTextSb', @resp OUT, 'POST', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail', @sbBase64, 'utf-8', 'text/plain', 0, 0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbHtml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdMime
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbBase64
        RETURN
      END

    -- 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.)
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 202
      BEGIN
        DECLARE @json int
        -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Load', @success OUT, @sTmp0
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'Failed, response status code = ' + @iTmp0
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Outlook Mail Sent.'
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp


    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbHtml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdMime
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbBase64
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json


END
GO