(MFC) Mailgun Send Email using MIME

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Send an email using MIME. This allows for the Chilkat email object to be used to construct the email. Then it can be sent using Mailgun.

For more information, see https://documentation.mailgun.com/en/latest/api-sending.html#sending

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkEmail.h>
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    // We're going to create an email that contains an .zip attachment,
    // and also both plain-text and HTML alternative bodies.
    // The HTML body will include an image.

    CkEmail email;

    // Adding attachments, HTML/plain-text bodies, etc can be done
    // in any order:

    // Add an attachment
    const char *contentType = email.addFileAttachment("qa_data/hamlet.zip");
    if (email.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(email.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Add some headers:
    email.put_Subject("This is a complex email");
    // Please change this email address before testing.
    bool success = email.AddTo("Joe Example","joe@example.com");
    email.put_From("Mailgun Sandbox <postmaster@sandbox0e542e4c577f4bbb98c8bf6b6bca727b.mailgun.org>");

    // Add a plain-text body:
    email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is the plain-text body");

    // Add an image that will be embedded in the HTML body.
    success = email.AddRelatedFile2("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg","starfish.jpg");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(email.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Add an HTML body:
    const char *html = 0;
    html = "<html><body><b>This is the HTML body</b><br><img src=\"starfish.jpg\"></body></html>";

    email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(html);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Send the above email using Mailgun

    CkHttp http;

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    http.put_Login("api");
    http.put_Password("api_password");    //  500edc...

    CkHttpRequest req;
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_Path("/v3/sandbox0e542e4c577f4bbb98c8bf6b6bca727b.mailgun.org/messages.mime");
    req.put_ContentType("multipart/form-data");

    req.AddParam("from","Mailgun Sandbox <postmaster@sandbox0e542e4c577f4bbb98c8bf6b6bca727b.mailgun.org>");
    req.AddParam("to","Joe Example <joe@example.com>");
    req.AddStringForUpload2("message","message.eml",email.getMime(),"utf-8","application/octet-stream");

    CkHttpResponse *resp = http.SynchronousRequest("api.mailgun.net",443,true,req);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        strOut.append(http.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    resp->GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObject jResp;
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    strOut.append("Response Body:");
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append(jResp.emit());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    int respStatusCode = resp->get_StatusCode();
    strOut.append("Response Status Code = ");
    strOut.appendInt(respStatusCode);
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        strOut.append("Response Header:");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append(resp->header());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("Failed.");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        delete resp;
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    delete resp;

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "id": "<20210429234809.1.2D550E1C94D3D98F@sandbox0e542e4c577f4bbb98c8bf6b6bca727b.mailgun.org>",
    //   "message": "Queued. Thank you."
    // }

    // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
    // Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    const char *id = jResp.stringOf("id");
    const char *message = jResp.stringOf("message");


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }