(Chilkat2-Python) Outlook Send HTML Email with Embedded Images and Attachments

This example sends an HTML email with both embedded images and attachments. Other examples exist for:

Sending plain-text email.
Sending HTML email.
Sending HTML email with embedded images.
Sending plain-text email with attachments.

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import sys
import chilkat2

# 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.

http = chilkat2.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).

http.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.)
# 

# This example will send HTML email containing the following HTML body.
# After the 

# 	<html>
# 	<head>
# 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
# 	<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
# 	</head>
# 	<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
# 	<font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>
# 	<br>
# 	<img alt="" src="cid:starfish"><br>
# 	<img alt="" src="cid:hedgehogs"><br>
# 	</font>
# 	</body>
# 	</html>

# Build the HTML body...
bCrlf = True
sbHtmlBody = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<html>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<head>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</head>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<font face=\"Calibri\">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<br>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<img alt=\"\" src=\"cid:starfish\"><br>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<img alt=\"\" src=\"cid:hedgehogs\"><br>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</font>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</body>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</html>",bCrlf)

# Load the embedded image files.
jpgStarfish = chilkat2.BinData()
jpgStarfish.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
jpgHedgeHogs = chilkat2.BinData()
jpgHedgeHogs.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/hedgehogs.jpg")

# Load files that are to be attached (not inline images)
attach1 = chilkat2.BinData()
attach1.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
attach2 = chilkat2.BinData()
attach2.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 HTML email with
# two embedded images and two attachments.
# 
# The only difference between an embedded inline image and an attachment is that the
# inline image must have a cid that corresponds to the "cid:" found in the "src" attribute
# of an IMG tag within the HTML body of the email.  (The inline image is also marked as "isInline",
# whereas the attachments are not, but I don't know if this actually makes a difference..)
# 

# 	{
# 	  "message": {
# 	    "subject": "Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images and Attachments",
# 	    "body": {
# 	      "contentType": "html",
# 	      "content": "The HTML body goes here..."
# 	    },
# 	    "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": "starfish.jpg",
# 	         "contentType": "image/jpeg",
# 	         "size": 6497,
# 	         "isInline": true,
# 	         "contentId": "starfish",
# 	         "contentLocation": null,
# 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
# 	       },
# 	       {
# 	         "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
# 	         "name": "hedgehogs.jpg",
# 	         "contentType": "image/jpeg",
# 	         "size": 48845,
# 	         "isInline": true,
# 	         "contentId": "hedgehogs",
# 	         "contentLocation": null,
# 	         "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
# 	       },
# 	       {
# 	         "@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.
json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images and Attachments")
json.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","html")
json.UpdateString("message.body.content",sbHtmlBody.GetAsString())

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

json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].\"@odata.type\"","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].name","starfish.jpg")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentType","image/jpeg")
json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[0].size",jpgStarfish.NumBytes)
json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[0].isInline",True)
# This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentId","starfish")
json.UpdateNull("message.attachments[0].contentLocation")
json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[0].contentBytes","base64",jpgStarfish)

json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].\"@odata.type\"","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].name","hedgehogs.jpg")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentType","image/jpeg")
json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[1].size",jpgHedgeHogs.NumBytes)
json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[1].isInline",True)
# This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentId","hedgehogs")
json.UpdateNull("message.attachments[1].contentLocation")
json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[1].contentBytes","base64",jpgHedgeHogs)

json.UpdateString("message.attachments[2].\"@odata.type\"","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[2].name","fishing.pdf")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[2].contentType","application/pdf")
json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[2].size",attach1.NumBytes)
json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[2].isInline",False)
json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[2].contentBytes","base64",attach1)

json.UpdateString("message.attachments[3].\"@odata.type\"","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[3].name","sample.docx")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[3].contentType","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document")
json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[3].size",attach2.NumBytes)
json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[3].isInline",False)
json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[3].contentBytes","base64",attach2)

json.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",True)

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

# Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail","application/json",json)
if (http.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# 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 (resp.StatusCode != 202):
    json.Load(resp.BodyStr)
    json.EmitCompact = False
    print(json.Emit())
    print("Failed, response status code = " + str(resp.StatusCode))
else:
    print("Outlook HTML Mail Sent.")