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Outlook Send HTML Email with Embedded Images
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This example sends an HTML email with embedded images. Other examples exist for:- Sending plain-text email.
- 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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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnBCrlf
LOCAL loSbHtmlBody
LOCAL loJpgStarfish
LOCAL loJpgHedgeHogs
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loResp
lnSuccess = 0
* 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.
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.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).
loHttp.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...
lnBCrlf = 1
loSbHtmlBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<html>",lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<head>",lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">',lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">',lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</head>",lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">',lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>',lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<br>",lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<img alt="" src="cid:starfish"><br>',lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<img alt="" src="cid:hedgehogs"><br>',lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</font>",lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</body>",lnBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</html>",lnBCrlf)
* Load the image files.
loJpgStarfish = CreateObject('Chilkat.BinData')
loJpgStarfish.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
loJpgHedgeHogs = CreateObject('Chilkat.BinData')
loJpgHedgeHogs.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/hedgehogs.jpg")
* 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:
*
* {
* "message": {
* "subject": "Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images",
* "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"
* }
* ]
* },
* "saveToSentItems": true
* }
*
* Build the above JSON.
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images")
loJson.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","html")
loJson.UpdateString("message.body.content",loSbHtmlBody.GetAsString())
loJson.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Software")
loJson.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")
loJson.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
loJson.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Blog")
loJson.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@cknotes.com")
loJson.UpdateString('message.attachments[0]."@odata.type"',"#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].name","starfish.jpg")
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentType","image/jpeg")
loJson.UpdateInt("message.attachments[0].size",loJpgStarfish.NumBytes)
loJson.UpdateBool("message.attachments[0].isInline",1)
* This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentId","starfish")
loJson.UpdateNull("message.attachments[0].contentLocation")
loJson.UpdateBd("message.attachments[0].contentBytes","base64",loJpgStarfish)
loJson.UpdateString('message.attachments[1]."@odata.type"',"#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].name","hedgehogs.jpg")
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentType","image/jpeg")
loJson.UpdateInt("message.attachments[1].size",loJpgHedgeHogs.NumBytes)
loJson.UpdateBool("message.attachments[1].isInline",1)
* This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentId","hedgehogs")
loJson.UpdateNull("message.attachments[1].contentLocation")
loJson.UpdateBd("message.attachments[1].contentBytes","base64",loJpgHedgeHogs)
loJson.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",1)
* -------------------------------------------------------------
* Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
* -------------------------------------------------------------
* Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
loResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpResponse')
lnSuccess = loHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",loJson,"application/json",loResp)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
? loHttp.LastErrorText
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loSbHtmlBody
RELEASE loJpgStarfish
RELEASE loJpgHedgeHogs
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loResp
CANCEL
ENDIF
* 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 (loResp.StatusCode <> 202) THEN
loJson.Load(loResp.BodyStr)
loJson.EmitCompact = 0
? loJson.Emit()
? "Failed, response status code = " + STR(loResp.StatusCode)
ELSE
? "Outlook HTML Mail Sent."
ENDIF
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loSbHtmlBody
RELEASE loJpgStarfish
RELEASE loJpgHedgeHogs
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loResp