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Outlook Send Email with Attachments

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This example sends a plain-text email with attachments. Other examples exist for:
  • Sending plain-text email.
  • Sending HTML email.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.

This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoHttp
    Variant vAttach1
    Handle hoAttach1
    Variant vAttach2
    Handle hoAttach2
    Variant vJson
    Handle hoJson
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // 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.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    // 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).

    Set ComAuthToken Of hoHttp To "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.)
    // 

    // Load the files to be attached.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatBinData)) To hoAttach1
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoAttach1))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoAttach1
    End
    Get ComLoadFile Of hoAttach1 "qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf" To iSuccess
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatBinData)) To hoAttach2
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoAttach2))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoAttach2
    End
    Get ComLoadFile Of hoAttach2 "qa_data/msword/sample.docx" To iSuccess

    // The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
    // recipients, etc.  This example will build the following JSON plain-text email:
    // 

    // 	{
    // 	  "message": {
    // 	    "subject": "Sample Email with Attachments",
    // 	    "body": {
    // 	      "contentType": "Text",
    // 	      "content": "This is the plain-text body..."
    // 	    },
    // 	    "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": "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.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.subject" "Sample Email with Attachments" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.body.contentType" "Text" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.body.content" "This is the plain-text body..." To iSuccess

    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name" "Chilkat Software" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address" "admin@chilkat.io" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address" "chilkat.support@gmail.com" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name" "Chilkat Blog" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address" "admin@cknotes.com" To iSuccess

    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson 'message.attachments[0]."@odata.type"' "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].name" "fishing.pdf" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].contentType" "application/pdf" To iSuccess
    Get ComNumBytes Of hoAttach1 To iTemp1
    Get ComUpdateInt Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].size" iTemp1 To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].isInline" False To iSuccess
    Get pvComObject of hoAttach1 to vAttach1
    Get ComUpdateBd Of hoJson "message.attachments[0].contentBytes" "base64" vAttach1 To iSuccess

    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson 'message.attachments[1]."@odata.type"' "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].name" "sample.docx" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].contentType" "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document" To iSuccess
    Get ComNumBytes Of hoAttach2 To iTemp1
    Get ComUpdateInt Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].size" iTemp1 To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].isInline" False To iSuccess
    Get pvComObject of hoAttach2 to vAttach2
    Get ComUpdateBd Of hoJson "message.attachments[1].contentBytes" "base64" vAttach2 To iSuccess

    Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "saveToSentItems" True To iSuccess

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

    // Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoResp
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoJson to vJson
    Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
    Get ComHttpJson Of hoHttp "POST" "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail" vJson "application/json" vResp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // 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.)
    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 <> 202) Begin
        Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
        Get ComLoad Of hoJson sTemp1 To iSuccess
        Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJson To False
        Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
        Showln "Failed, response status code = " iTemp1
    End
    Else Begin
        Showln "Outlook Mail with Attachments Sent."
    End



End_Procedure