(SQL Server) 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.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

-- 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.

    -- Let's first prepare the email to be sent..
    DECLARE @email int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Email" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Charset', 'utf-8'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'Test email with PDF attachment.'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'SetHtmlBody', NULL, '<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..
    DECLARE @contentType nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddFileAttachment', @contentType OUT, 'qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        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.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @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.)
    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', @success OUT, 'Mr. Simulator', 'success@simulator.amazonses.com'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddCC', @success OUT, 'Chilkat Support', 'support@chilkatsoft.com'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddCC', @success OUT, 'Some Yahoo', 'somebody@yahoo.com'

    -- Get the MIME of the email to be sent.
    DECLARE @mimeStr nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetMime', @mimeStr OUT

    -- We'll need the MIME base64 encoded for the SES REST request..
    DECLARE @crypt int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Crypt2" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Crypt2', @crypt OUT

    DECLARE @mimeBase64 nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'EncodeString', @mimeBase64 OUT, @mimeStr, 'utf-8', 'base64'

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

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

    -- Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    -- such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    DECLARE @bTls int
    SELECT @bTls = 1
    DECLARE @port int
    SELECT @port = 443
    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com', @port, @bTls, @bAutoReconnect

    -- Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    DECLARE @authAws int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.AuthAws" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.AuthAws', @authAws OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @authAws, 'AccessKey', 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @authAws, 'SecretKey', 'AWS_SECRET_KEY'
    -- the region should match our URL above..
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @authAws, 'Region', 'us-west-2'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @authAws, 'ServiceName', 'ses'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'SetAuthAws', @success OUT, @authAws

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'Action', 'SendRawEmail'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, '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)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, '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!)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'Destination.CcAddresses.member.1', 'support@chilkatsoft.com'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'Destination.CcAddresses.member.2', 'somebody@yahoo.com'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'Destination.BccAddresses.member.1', 'somebody@gmail.com'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, '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.
    DECLARE @responseXml nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestFormUrlEncoded', @responseXml OUT, 'POST', '/'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @authAws
        RETURN
      END

    -- A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 200
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response status code = ' + @iTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response status text = ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response header: ' + @sTmp0

        PRINT 'response body: ' + @responseXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @authAws
        RETURN
      END

    -- Examine the successful XML response.
    DECLARE @xml int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @xml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'LoadXml', @success OUT, @responseXml
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- To get the MessageId

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'ChilkatPath', @sTmp0 OUT, 'SendEmailResult|MessageId|*'
    PRINT 'MessageId: ' + @sTmp0

    -- 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>

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @authAws
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml


END
GO