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Send GMail with Attachments
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Demonstrates how to send an email containing attachments using the GMail REST API.Chilkat DataFlex Downloads
Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg
Procedure Test
Boolean iSuccess
Handle hoEmail
String sCid
Handle hoSbHtml
Integer iNumReplacements
String sMimeType
Variant vSbMime
Handle hoSbMime
Handle hoHttp
String sUrl
Boolean iSendGzipped
Variant vResp
Handle hoResp
String sTemp1
Integer iTemp1
Boolean bTemp1
Move False To iSuccess
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatEmail)) To hoEmail
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoEmail))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoEmail
End
// The From name/address don't need to be specified.
// GMail will automatically use your Gmail address if the following 2 lines are omitted.
Set ComFromName Of hoEmail To "My Name"
Set ComFromAddress Of hoEmail To "my_account_name@gmail.com"
Get ComAddTo Of hoEmail "John Smith" "somebody@somewhere.com" To iSuccess
// To add more recipients, make additional calls to AddTo or AddCC, one per recipient...
Set ComSubject Of hoEmail To "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat."
Set ComCharset Of hoEmail To "utf-8"
Get ComAddPlainTextAlternativeBody Of hoEmail "This is a test" To iSuccess
// Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
Get ComAddRelatedFile Of hoEmail "qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg" To sCid
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbHtml
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbHtml))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoSbHtml
End
Get ComAppend Of hoSbHtml '<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src="cid:STARFISH_CID"/></body></html>' To iSuccess
Get ComReplace Of hoSbHtml "STARFISH_CID" sCid To iNumReplacements
Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbHtml To sTemp1
Get ComAddHtmlAlternativeBody Of hoEmail sTemp1 To iSuccess
// Add some attachments..
Get ComAddFileAttachment Of hoEmail "qa_data/helloWorld.pdf" To sMimeType
Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoEmail To bTemp1
If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
Showln "Failed to add PDF attachment."
Procedure_Return
End
Get ComAddFileAttachment Of hoEmail "qa_data/msword/sample2.docx" To sMimeType
Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoEmail To bTemp1
If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
Showln "Failed to add MS-Word attachment."
Procedure_Return
End
// OK.. we now have an HTML email with 2 attachments..
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbMime
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbMime))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoSbMime
End
Get pvComObject of hoSbMime to vSbMime
Get ComGetMimeSb Of hoEmail vSbMime To iSuccess
// Send the email. (GMail has a 5MB limit on the total email size.)
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
End
Set ComAuthToken Of hoHttp To "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"
// Send using the simple upload request for the Gmail API
Move "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send?uploadType=media" To sUrl
Move True To iSendGzipped
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoResp
End
Get pvComObject of hoSbMime to vSbMime
Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
Get ComHttpSb Of hoHttp "POST" sUrl vSbMime "utf-8" "message/rfc822" vResp To iSuccess
If (iSuccess = False) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
// A status code of 200 indicates success.
Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
Showln "Response status code: " iTemp1
Showln "Response body:"
Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
// The response body contains JSON.
// Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
// to generate JSON parsing code.
// A sample successful JSON response:
// {
// "id": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
// "threadId": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
// "labelIds": [
// "SENT"
// ]
// }
End_Procedure