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Send GMail using REST API
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Demonstrates how to send an email using the GMail REST API.Chilkat C Downloads
#include <C_CkEmail.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
BOOL success;
HCkEmail email;
const char *cid;
HCkStringBuilder sbHtml;
int numReplacements;
HCkStringBuilder sbMime;
HCkJsonObject json;
HCkHttp http;
const char *url;
HCkHttpResponse resp;
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.
email = CkEmail_Create();
// The From name/address don't need to be specified.
// GMail will automatically use your Gmail address if the following 2 lines are omitted.
CkEmail_putFromName(email,"My Name");
CkEmail_putFromAddress(email,"my_account_name@gmail.com");
CkEmail_AddTo(email,"John Smith","somebody@somewhere.com");
// To add more recipients, make additional calls to AddTo or AddCC, one per recipient...
CkEmail_putSubject(email,"This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.");
CkEmail_putCharset(email,"utf-8");
CkEmail_AddPlainTextAlternativeBody(email,"This is a test");
// Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
cid = CkEmail_addRelatedFile(email,"qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
sbHtml = CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbHtml,"<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src=\"cid:STARFISH_CID\"/></body></html>");
numReplacements = CkStringBuilder_Replace(sbHtml,"STARFISH_CID",cid);
CkEmail_AddHtmlAlternativeBody(email,CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbHtml));
// 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.
sbMime = CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkEmail_GetMimeSb(email,sbMime);
CkStringBuilder_Encode(sbMime,"base64url","utf-8");
// The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
json = CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_UpdateSb(json,"raw",sbMime);
// Send the email...
http = CkHttp_Create();
CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,"GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN");
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send";
resp = CkHttpResponse_Create();
success = CkHttp_HttpJson(http,"POST",url,json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == FALSE) {
printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
CkEmail_Dispose(email);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHtml);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbMime);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
return;
}
// A status code of 200 indicates success.
printf("Response status code: %d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp));
printf("Response body:\n");
printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));
// 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"
// ]
// }
CkEmail_Dispose(email);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHtml);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbMime);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
}