Swift
Send HTML Email with Embedded Image Loaded from Memory

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image where the image data is loaded directly from memory.
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Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    // First load image data into memory.
    // This example loads image data from a file.
    // However, your application could get the image data from any other source, such as
    // from a database.
    let fac = CkoFileAccess()!
    var imageBytes: NSData
    imageBytes = fac.readEntireFile(path: "qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")

    // The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
    let mailman = CkoMailMan()!

    // Use your SMTP server hostname.  This example uses office365, but it could be any SMTP server..
    mailman.smtpHost = "outlook.office365.com"
    mailman.smtpPort = 587
    mailman.startTLS = true

    // Set the SMTP login/password
    mailman.smtpUsername = "OFFICE365-SMTP-LOGIN"
    mailman.smtpPassword = "OFFICE365-SMTP-PASSWORD"

    // Create a new email object
    let email = CkoEmail()!
    email.subject = "HTML Email with Image Loaded from In-Memory Bytes"
    email.from = "Chilkat Support <my-office365-user@mydomain.com>"
    email.add(to: "Chilkat Support", emailAddress: "support@chilkatsoft.com")

    var contentIdStarfish: String? = email.addRelatedData(fileName: "starfish.jpg", in: imageBytes)
    if email.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("\(email.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
    let sbHtml = CkoStringBuilder()!
    sbHtml.append(value: "<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>")
    sbHtml.append(value: "<p><img src=\"cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH\" /></p></body></html>")
    var numReplacements: Int = sbHtml.replace(value: "CONTENT_ID_STARFISH", replacement: contentIdStarfish).intValue

    email.setHtmlBody(html: sbHtml.getAsString())

    success = mailman.sendEmail(email: email)
    if success != true {
        print("\(mailman.lastErrorText!)")
    }
    else {
        print("Mail Sent!")
    }


}