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Outlook Send Email with Attachments

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This example sends a plain-text email with attachments. Other examples exist for:
  • Sending plain-text email.
  • Sending HTML email.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.

This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com

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Local $bSuccess = False

; Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.

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

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

; 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).

$oHttp.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

; To send mail, 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.)
; 

; Load the files to be attached.
$oAttach1 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")
$oAttach1.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
$oAttach2 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")
$oAttach2.LoadFile("qa_data/msword/sample.docx")

; The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
; recipients, etc.  This example will build the following JSON plain-text email:
; 

; 	{
; 	  "message": {
; 	    "subject": "Sample Email with Attachments",
; 	    "body": {
; 	      "contentType": "Text",
; 	      "content": "This is the plain-text body..."
; 	    },
; 	    "toRecipients": [
; 	      {
; 	        "emailAddress": {
; 		  "name": "Chilkat Software",
; 	          "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
; 	        }
; 	      },
; 	      {
; 	        "emailAddress": {
; 	          "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
; 	        }
; 	      }
; 	    ],
; 	    "ccRecipients": [
; 	      {
; 	        "emailAddress": {
; 		  "name": "Chilkat Blog",
; 		  "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
; 	        }
; 	      }
; 	    ],
; 	    "attachments": [
; 	       {
; 	         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
; 	         "name": "fishing.pdf",
; 	         "contentType": "application/pdf",
; 	         "size": <theActualSize>,
; 	         "isInline": false,
; 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
; 	       },
; 	       {
; 	         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
; 	         "name": "sample.docx",
; 	         "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
; 	         "size": <theActualSize>,
; 	         "isInline": false,
; 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
; 	       }
; 	    ]
; 	  },
; 	  "saveToSentItems": true
; 	}
; 
; Build the above JSON.
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample Email with Attachments")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","Text")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.body.content","This is the plain-text body...")

$oJson.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Software")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Blog")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@cknotes.com")

$oJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].""@odata.type""","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].name","fishing.pdf")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentType","application/pdf")
$oJson.UpdateInt("message.attachments[0].size",$oAttach1.NumBytes)
$oJson.UpdateBool("message.attachments[0].isInline",False)
$oJson.UpdateBd("message.attachments[0].contentBytes","base64",$oAttach1)

$oJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].""@odata.type""","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].name","sample.docx")
$oJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentType","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document")
$oJson.UpdateInt("message.attachments[1].size",$oAttach2.NumBytes)
$oJson.UpdateBool("message.attachments[1].isInline",False)
$oJson.UpdateBd("message.attachments[1].contentBytes","base64",$oAttach2)

$oJson.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",True)

; -------------------------------------------------------------
; Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
; -------------------------------------------------------------

; Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",$oJson,"application/json",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; 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.)
If ($oResp.StatusCode <> 202) Then
    $oJson.Load($oResp.BodyStr)
    $oJson.EmitCompact = False
    ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed, response status code = " & $oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Outlook Mail with Attachments Sent." & @CRLF)
EndIf