Chilkat2-Python

Add Header Field to MIME Sub-Header in Email

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Demonstrates how to add a header field to one of the attachment sub-headers in an email. Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

email = chilkat2.Email()

email.Subject = "test"
email.AddTo("Chilkat","support@chilkatsoft.com")
email.From = "Matt <matt@example.com>"
email.Body = "This is a simple plain-text body."

success = email.AddFileAttachment2("qa_data/1.HPM","application/x-hprimnet")
if (success == False):
    print(email.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Add a "ContentDescription: HPM/3.0" in the attachment's sub-header.
# The 1st attachment is at index 0.
email.AddAttachmentHeader(0,"Content-Description","HPM/3.0")

# Show the email MIME:
print(email.GetMime())

# This is the output:

# MIME-Version: 1.0
# Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:05:18 -0600
# Message-ID: <93B88835586270B7BE5202F84E171F29C10BA935@CHILKATSLICE>
# Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------000502000000020502010608"
# X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
# Subject: test
# To: Chilkat <support@chilkatsoft.com>
# From: Matt <matt@example.com>
# 
# --------------000502000000020502010608
# Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
# 
# This is a simple plain-text body.
# --------------000502000000020502010608
# Content-Type: application/x-hprimnet; name="1.HPM"
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
# Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="1.HPM"
# Content-Description: HPM/3.0
# 
# FILE_DATA_IS_HERE...
# 
# --------------000502000000020502010608--