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IMAP Read PEC Email of Aruba and Extract the Invoice XML Files

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IMAP Read PEC Email of Aruba and Extract the Invoice XML Files.

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Delphi DLL
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, MessageSet, Imap, Email, StringBuilder, Mime, Xml, Crypt2, BinData;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
imap: HCkImap;
fetchUids: Boolean;
messageSet: HCkMessageSet;
email: HCkEmail;
attachedEmail: HCkEmail;
sbMime: HCkStringBuilder;
mime: HCkMime;
bdP7m: HCkBinData;
mimeP7m: HCkMime;
crypt: HCkCrypt2;
xml: HCkXml;

begin
success := False;

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

imap := CkImap_Create();

// Connect using TLS.
CkImap_putSsl(imap,True);
CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
success := CkImap_Connect(imap,'imap.example.com');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Authenticate
success := CkImap_Login(imap,'email_account_login','email_account_password');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success := CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,'Inbox/postacert');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Search for messages having "POSTA CERTIFICATA: Invio File" in the subject.
fetchUids := True;
messageSet := CkMessageSet_Create();
success := CkImap_QueryMbx(imap,'SUBJECT "POSTA CERTIFICATA: Invio File"',fetchUids,messageSet);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

if (CkMessageSet_getCount(messageSet) < 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('No messages found.');
    Exit;
  end;
// For our example, we'll process only the 1st email in the messageSet.
// Download the MIME source of the email into a StringBuilder object.
email := CkEmail_Create();
success := CkImap_FetchEmail(imap,False,CkMessageSet_GetId(messageSet,0),CkMessageSet_getHasUids(messageSet),email);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// The email should contain an attached email.
// The Invoice XML is contained within the attached email.
attachedEmail := CkEmail_Create();
success := CkEmail_GetAttachedEmail(email,0,attachedEmail);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkEmail__lastErrorText(email));
    Exit;
  end;

// Get the MIME of the attached email..
sbMime := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkEmail_GetMimeSb(attachedEmail,sbMime);

// Load it into a Chilkat MIME object.
mime := CkMime_Create();
success := CkMime_LoadMimeSb(mime,sbMime);

// Examine the structure of the MIME.
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMime__getStructure(mime,'text'));

// The MIME has this structure:
// multipart/mixed
//     application/octet-stream
//     application/octet-stream     <-- This is where the XML is contained.   It is within an opaque signature.
//     text/plain

// The 2nd application/octet-stream MIME header looks like this:

// ------=_Part_329673_-1348225228.1579889273592
// Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="SM99999_99aaa.xml.p7m"
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
// Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="SM99999_99aaa.xml.p7m"

// Let's get the binary content of the .p7m
bdP7m := CkBinData_Create();
// Get the 2nd sub-part, at index 1 because index 0 is the 1st sub-part.

mimeP7m := CkMime_Create();
success := CkMime_PartAt(mime,1,mimeP7m);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMime__lastErrorText(mime));
    Exit;
  end;

if (CkMime_getLastMethodSuccess(mime) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to get 2nd sub-part. Perhaps the MIME does not have a 2nd sub-part?');
    Exit;
  end;
success := CkMime_GetBodyBd(mimeP7m,bdP7m);

// Verify the signature, which also extracts the content contained within the opaque signature.
crypt := CkCrypt2_Create();
success := CkCrypt2_OpaqueVerifyBd(crypt,bdP7m);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCrypt2__lastErrorText(crypt));
    Exit;
  end;

// The bdP7m now contains the Invoice XML.
// Load it into an XML object.
xml := CkXml_Create();
success := CkXml_LoadBd(xml,bdP7m,True);

Memo1.Lines.Add(CkXml__getXml(xml));

// We have XML such as the following:
// 
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
// <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="fatturapa_v1.2.xsl"?>
// <p:FatturaElettronica versione="FPR12" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" 
//     xmlns:p="http://ivaservizi.agenziaentrate.gov.it/docs/xsd/fatture/v1.2" 
//     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
//     <FatturaElettronicaHeader>
// 	...
//     </FatturaElettronicaHeader>
//     <FatturaElettronicaBody>
// 	...
//     </FatturaElettronicaBody>
// </p:FatturaElettronica>

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

Memo1.Lines.Add('success.');

CkImap_Dispose(imap);
CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);
CkEmail_Dispose(attachedEmail);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbMime);
CkMime_Dispose(mime);
CkBinData_Dispose(bdP7m);
CkMime_Dispose(mimeP7m);
CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
CkXml_Dispose(xml);

end;