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Convert MIME to XML

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Demonstrates how to convert MIME to XML, and how to access the MIME parts and data from XML.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

mime = chilkat2.Mime()

# The contents of this MIME file are shown below, 
# and is also available at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/sampleMime.txt
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/mime/sampleMime.txt")
if (success != True):
    print(mime.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# The MIME used in this example has the following nested structure
# 
# multipart/alternative
#     text/plain
#     multipart/related
#         text/html
#         image/jpeg
# 

# Convert to XML.
xmlStr = mime.GetXml()

# Load into a Chilkat XML object so we can emit in indented format.
# (and also to demonstrate how to access the MIME content from XML).
xml = chilkat2.Xml()
xml.LoadXml(xmlStr)
# The XML emitted by this statement is shown below, following the remainder of sample code.
print(xml.GetXml())

# To get the top-level Subject header field:
print("Subject = " + xml.ChilkatPath("header|subject|*"))

# Another way of getting the Subject:
xml.FirstChild2()
print("Subject = " + xml.GetChildContent("subject"))
xml.GetRoot2()

# Using the Chilkat XML API, there are many different ways of accomplishing a goal.
# This example shows only a few possibilities...

# Let's go to the <body> tag containing the HTML.
# First we find the XML node where the content-type is text/html.
# (XML methods ending in "2" update the internal reference to the XML node.)
success = xml.SearchForContent2(xml,"content-type","text/html")
if (success == True):
    # From this point, we know the HTML content is two levels up (to the <mime_message> node),
    # and one level down (to the <body> node).  We can get the HTML content from here:
    htmlContent = xml.ChilkatPath("..|..|body|*")
    print(htmlContent)
    print("-")

# Back to the root...
xml.GetRoot2()

# How to iterate over all image/jpeg bodies and access the bytes of each?
success = xml.SearchForContent2(xml,"content-type","image/jpeg")
while success == True :
    # "$" in the Chilkat path indicates to update the internal reference of the caller
    # if the path could be traversed.
    notUsed = xml.ChilkatPath("..|..|body|$")
    if (xml.LastMethodSuccess == True):

        # jpgBytes is a memoryview
        jpgBytes = xml.GetBinaryContent(False,False,"")

        print("Found JPG image!")

        # Find the next JPG image.
        success = xml.SearchForContent2(xml,"content-type","image/jpeg")
    else:
        success = False

# --------------------------------------------------------------
# --------------------------------------------------------------
# The MIME converted to XML:

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
# <mime_message>
#     <header>
#         <subject>Test email.</subject>
#         <content-type boundary="------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0">multipart/alternative</content-type>
#         <mime-version>1.0</mime-version>
#     </header>
#     <body>
#         <subpart>
#             <mime_message>
#                 <header>
#                     <content-type charset="utf-8" format="flowed">text/plain</content-type>
#                     <content-transfer-encoding>7bit</content-transfer-encoding>
#                 </header>
#                 <body><![CDATA[This is a test.
# ]]></body>
#             </mime_message>
#         </subpart>
#         <subpart>
#             <mime_message>
#                 <header>
#                     <content-type boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB">multipart/related</content-type>
#                 </header>
#                 <body>
#                     <subpart>
#                         <mime_message>
#                             <header>
#                                 <content-type charset="utf-8">text/html</content-type>
#                                 <content-transfer-encoding>8bit</content-transfer-encoding>
#                             </header>
#                             <body><![CDATA[<html><head>
# <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
#   </head>
#   <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
#     <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src="cid:part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com" height="20" width="20"></p>
#   </body>
# </html>
# ]]></body>
#                         </mime_message>
#                     </subpart>
#                     <subpart>
#                         <mime_message>
#                             <header>
#                                 <content-type name="starfish20.jpg">image/jpeg</content-type>
#                                 <content-transfer-encoding>base64</content-transfer-encoding>
#                                 <content-id>&lt;part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com&gt;</content-id>
#                                 <content-disposition filename="starfish20.jpg">inline</content-disposition>
#                             </header>
#                             <body>/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD//gAmRmlsZSB3cml0dGVuIGJ5IEFkb2JlIFBob3Rvc2hvcD8g
# NC4w/9sAQwAQCwwODAoQDg0OEhEQExgoGhgWFhgxIyUdKDozPTw5Mzg3QEhcTkBEV0U3OFBtUVdf
# YmdoZz5NcXlwZHhcZWdj/9sAQwEREhIYFRgvGhovY0I4QmNjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
# Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj/8IAEQgAFAAUAwERAAIRAQMRAf/EABcAAAMBAAAA
# AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAX/xAAYAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEAP/aAAwDAQACEAMQAAAB2kZY
# NNEijWKddfTmLgALWH//xAAbEAACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMRAAQSE//aAAgBAQABBQL0XqN+
# pM2aqJGMiqFFCyg7z//EABwRAAICAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERAAIQIQMSUf/aAAgBAwEBPwHqU5aq
# Axx+y1tMQl4elj//xAAcEQEAAQUBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAABEQACEBIhA1H/2gAIAQIBAT8B3Bhqy7Zc
# enyiwmGgDhiOzj//xAAdEAABAwUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIREBIhIkFR/9oACAEBAAY/ArZyn+Cg
# xtxWuJaoCnqDuin/xAAcEAABBAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABEhYRAxQVH/2gAIAQEAAT8hkEwPUUR9
# DYfE4nxtRpIkBTsayuALIiuY/9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDWPTsf/8QAGhEAAwADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
# AAEREDFBIf/aAAgBAwEBPxC0DVPcWm+Ce4OesrkE6bjH/8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREA
# QRD/2gAIAQIBAT8QahMiOc8YgSrnTY3ELclHXn//xAAcEAEBAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFx
# EFH/2gAIAQEAAT8Qn3igmSZSj+c4N4zapMy9IjFV98wncN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q==</body>
#                         </mime_message>
#                     </subpart>
#                 </body>
#             </mime_message>
#         </subpart>
#     </body>
# </mime_message>
# 

# --------------------------------------------------------------
# --------------------------------------------------------------
# The MIME sample file loaded at the beginning of this example
# contains the following MIME:

# Subject: Test email.
# Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
# 	boundary="------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0"
# MIME-Version: 1.0
# 
# --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
# Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
# 
# This is a test.
# 
# --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
# Content-Type: multipart/related;
# 	boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB"
# 
# --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
# Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
# 
# <html><head>
# <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
#   </head>
#   <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
#     <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src="cid:part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com" height="20" width="20"></p>
#   </body>
# </html>
# 
# --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
# Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish20.jpg"
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
# Content-ID: <part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com>
# Content-Disposition: inline; filename="starfish20.jpg"
# 
# /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD//gAmRmlsZSB3cml0dGVuIGJ5IEFkb2JlIFBob3Rvc2hvcD8g
# NC4w/9sAQwAQCwwODAoQDg0OEhEQExgoGhgWFhgxIyUdKDozPTw5Mzg3QEhcTkBEV0U3OFBtUVdf
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# Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj/8IAEQgAFAAUAwERAAIRAQMRAf/EABcAAAMBAAAA
# AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAX/xAAYAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEAP/aAAwDAQACEAMQAAAB2kZY
# NNEijWKddfTmLgALWH//xAAbEAACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMRAAQSE//aAAgBAQABBQL0XqN+
# pM2aqJGMiqFFCyg7z//EABwRAAICAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERAAIQIQMSUf/aAAgBAwEBPwHqU5aq
# Axx+y1tMQl4elj//xAAcEQEAAQUBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAABEQACEBIhA1H/2gAIAQIBAT8B3Bhqy7Zc
# enyiwmGgDhiOzj//xAAdEAABAwUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIREBIhIkFR/9oACAEBAAY/ArZyn+Cg
# xtxWuJaoCnqDuin/xAAcEAABBAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABEhYRAxQVH/2gAIAQEAAT8hkEwPUUR9
# DYfE4nxtRpIkBTsayuALIiuY/9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDWPTsf/8QAGhEAAwADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
# AAEREDFBIf/aAAgBAwEBPxC0DVPcWm+Ce4OesrkE6bjH/8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREA
# QRD/2gAIAQIBAT8QahMiOc8YgSrnTY3ELclHXn//xAAcEAEBAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFx
# EFH/2gAIAQEAAT8Qn3igmSZSj+c4N4zapMy9IjFV98wncN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q==
# 
# --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB--
# 
# --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0--
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