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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Outlook Send HTML Email

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This example sends an HTML email. Other examples exist for:
  • Sending plain-text email.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images.
  • Sending email with attachments.
  • Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

#  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).

$http->put_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:

#  	<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</b>.<br>
#  	</font>
#  	</body>
#  	</html>

#  Build the HTML body...
$bCrlf = 1;
$sbHtmlBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("<html>",$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("<head>",$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">",$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">",$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("</head>",$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">",$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("<font face=\"Calibri\">This is a test <b>HTML email</b>.<br>",$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("</font>",$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("</body>",$bCrlf);
$sbHtmlBody->AppendLine("</html>",$bCrlf);

#  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",
#  	    "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"
#  	        }
#  	      }
#  	    ]
#  	  },
#  	  "saveToSentItems": true
#  	}
#  

#  Build the above JSON.
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("message.subject","Sample HTML email");
$json->UpdateString("message.body.contentType","html");
$json->UpdateString("message.body.content",$sbHtmlBody->getAsString());
$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 HTML email)
$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",$json,"application/json",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  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->get_StatusCode() != 202) {
    $json->Load($resp->bodyStr());
    $json->put_EmitCompact(0);
    print $json->emit() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed, response status code = " . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print "Outlook HTML Mail Sent." . "\r\n";
}