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Mailgun Send Email using MIME
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Send an email using MIME. This allows for the Chilkat email object to be used to construct the email. Then it can be sent using Mailgun.Chilkat B4X Downloads
Dim success As Boolean = False
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' We're going to create an email that contains an .zip attachment,
' and also both plain-text and HTML alternative bodies.
' The HTML body will include an image.
Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize
' Adding attachments, HTML/plain-text bodies, etc can be done
' in any order:
' Add an attachment
Dim contentType As String = email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/hamlet.zip")
If email.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
Log(email.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
' Add some headers:
email.Subject = "This is a complex email"
' Please change this email address before testing.
success = email.AddTo("Joe Example", "joe@example.com")
email.From = "Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>"
' Add a plain-text body:
email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is the plain-text body")
' Add an image that will be embedded in the HTML body.
success = email.AddRelatedFile2("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg", "starfish.jpg")
If success = False Then
Log(email.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
' Add an HTML body:
Dim html As String
html = "<html><body><b>This is the HTML body</b><br><img src=" & Chr(34) & "starfish.jpg" & Chr(34) & "></body></html>"
email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(html)
' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Send the above email using Mailgun
Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")
' Implements the following CURL command:
http.Login = "api"
http.Password = "sending_api_key"' Replace with your actual sending API key.
Dim req As ChilkatHttpRequest
req.Initialize
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/v3/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/messages.mime"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
req.AddParam("from", "Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>")
req.AddParam("to", "Joe Example <joe@example.com>")
req.AddStringForUpload2("message", "message.eml", email.GetMime, "utf-8", "application/octet-stream")
Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpSReq("api.mailgun.net", 443, True, req, resp)
If success = False Then
Log(http.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbResponseBody.Initialize
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As ChilkatJsonObject
jResp.Initialize
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Log("Response Body:")
Log(jResp.Emit)
Dim respStatusCode As Int = resp.StatusCode
Log("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If respStatusCode >= 400 Then
Log("Response Header:")
Log(resp.Header)
Log("Failed.")
Return
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "id": "<20210429234809.1.2D550E1C94D3D98F@sandbox0e542e4c577f4bbb98c8bf6b6bca727b.mailgun.org>",
' "message": "Queued. Thank you."
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON
Dim id As String = jResp.StringOf("id")
Dim message As String = jResp.StringOf("message")