(Node.js) 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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on Windows, Linux, MacOSX, and ARM

var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // 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.

    var email = new chilkat.Email();

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

    // Add an attachment
    var contentType = email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/hamlet.zip");
    if (email.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(email.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Add some headers:
    email.Subject = "This is a complex email";
    // Please change this email address before testing.
    var success = email.AddTo("Joe Example","joe@example.com");
    email.From = "Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>";

    // 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) {
        console.log(email.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Add an HTML body:
    var html;
    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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    http.Login = "api";
    http.Password = "sending_api_key";    //  Replace with your actual sending API key.

    var req = new chilkat.HttpRequest();
    req.HttpVerb = "POST";
    req.Path = "/v3/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/messages.mime";
    req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data";

    req.AddParam("from","Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>");
    req.AddParam("to","Joe Example <joe@example.com>");
    req.AddStringForUpload2("message","message.eml",email.GetMime(),"utf-8","application/octet-stream");

    // resp: HttpResponse
    var resp = http.SynchronousRequest("api.mailgun.net",443,true,req);
    if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
    var jResp = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.EmitCompact = false;

    console.log("Response Body:");
    console.log(jResp.Emit());

    var respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
    console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        console.log("Response Header:");
        console.log(resp.Header);
        console.log("Failed.");

        return;
    }

    // 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

    var id = jResp.StringOf("id");
    var message = jResp.StringOf("message");

}

chilkatExample();