(Delphi ActiveX) Outlook Send Email

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This example sends a simple plain-text email. Other examples exist for:

• Sending HTML email.
• Sending HTML email with embedded images.
• Sending email with attachments.
• 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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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
http: TChilkatHttp;
jsonToken: TChilkatJsonObject;
success: Integer;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
resp: IChilkatHttpResponse;

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

http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);

// 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).

jsonToken := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
success := jsonToken.LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(jsonToken.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
http.AuthToken := jsonToken.StringOf('access_token');

// To send email, 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.)
// 

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

// 	{
// 	  "message": {
// 	    "subject": "Meet for lunch?",
// 	    "body": {
// 	      "contentType": "Text",
// 	      "content": "The new cafeteria is open."
// 	    },
// 	    "toRecipients": [
// 	      {
// 	        "emailAddress": {
// 		  "name": "Chilkat Software",
// 	          "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
// 	        }
// 	      },
// 	      {
// 	        "emailAddress": {
// 	          "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// 	        }
// 	      }
// 	    ],
// 	    "ccRecipients": [
// 	      {
// 	        "emailAddress": {
// 		  "name": "Chilkat Blog",
// 		  "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
// 	        }
// 	      }
// 	    ]
// 	  },
// 	  "saveToSentItems": true
// 	}
// 

// Build the above JSON.
json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.UpdateString('message.subject','Meet for lunch?');
json.UpdateString('message.body.contentType','Text');
json.UpdateString('message.body.content','The new cafeteria is open.');
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.UpdateBool('saveToSentItems',1);

// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the email)
resp := http.PostJson2('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail','application/json',json.Emit());
if (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  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.)
if (resp.StatusCode <> 202) then
  begin
    json.Load(resp.BodyStr);
    json.EmitCompact := 0;
    Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed, response status code = ' + IntToStr(resp.StatusCode));
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Outlook Mail Sent.');
  end;
end;