(Perl) SendRawEmail (HTML Email with PDF Attachment)

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Demonstrates how to use the SES SendRawEmail action to send an email with an attachment. Note: The total size of an SES email cannot exceed 10MB.

See SES SendRawEmail for more information.

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use chilkat();

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

# Let's first prepare the email to be sent..
$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
$email->put_Charset("utf-8");
$email->put_Subject("Test email with PDF attachment.");
$email->SetHtmlBody("<html><body><p>This is a test <b>HTML email with a PDF attachment</b></p></body></html>");

# The AddFileAttachment method returns the content-type selected based on the 
# file extension.   This example has no need of using the return value..
$contentType = $email->addFileAttachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf");
if ($email->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $email->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Add the From header, and some recipients.
# The From address should be an email address verified for use
# as a sender for your Amazon SES account.
# The From address will also be the Source parameter for the SES SendRawEmail request.
$email->put_From('Chilkat Software <admin@chilkatdownload.com>');

# Add recipients...
# Note: We DO NOT add BCC recipients to the email.  A BCC address should not be
# present in the MIME header of the email (otherwise it would not be "blind" because
# other recipients would be able to see it).
# These same addresses will be added as parameters to the SendRawEmail request.
# (BCC addresses are added as parameters at that time.)
$email->AddTo("Mr. Simulator",'success@simulator.amazonses.com');
$email->AddCC("Chilkat Support",'support@chilkatsoft.com');
$email->AddCC("Some Yahoo",'somebody@yahoo.com');

# Get the MIME of the email to be sent.
$mimeStr = $email->getMime();

# We'll need the MIME base64 encoded for the SES REST request..
$crypt = chilkat::CkCrypt2->new();
$mimeBase64 = $crypt->encodeString($mimeStr,"utf-8","base64");

# OK.. our MIME email is prepared.  Now use Chilkat REST to send it..

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
# such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
$authAws = chilkat::CkAuthAws->new();
$authAws->put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
$authAws->put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
# the region should match our URL above..
$authAws->put_Region("us-west-2");
$authAws->put_ServiceName("ses");

$rest->SetAuthAws($authAws);

$rest->AddQueryParam("Action","SendRawEmail");

$rest->AddQueryParam("RawMessage.Data",$mimeBase64);

# Add up to 100 TO, CC, and BCC recipients.
# If your SES account is still in the sandbox, you also must verify every recipient email address except for the recipients 
# provided by the Amazon SES mailbox simulator. (See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/mailbox-simulator.html)
$rest->AddQueryParam("Destination.ToAddresses.member.1",'success@simulator.amazonses.com');
# Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
# Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
# Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
$rest->AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.1",'support@chilkatsoft.com');
$rest->AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.2",'somebody@yahoo.com');
$rest->AddQueryParam("Destination.BccAddresses.member.1",'somebody@gmail.com');

$rest->AddQueryParam("Source",'admin@chilkatdownload.com');

# Because there may be a large amount of data in the query params, use a POST
# where the params are sent in the body of the HTTP Request.
$responseXml = $rest->fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body: " . $responseXml . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Examine the successful XML response.
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->LoadXml($responseXml);
print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

# To get the MessageId
print "MessageId: " . $xml->chilkatPath("SendEmailResult|MessageId|*") . "\r\n";

# A sample successful response:
# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
# <SendEmailResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
#     <SendEmailResult>
#         <MessageId>010101579081d2c1-043c693f-5a23-4c64-a8c1-66187d3725a0-000000</MessageId>
#     </SendEmailResult>
#     <ResponseMetadata>
#         <RequestId>e2b5b480-8a4e-11e6-85cd-21b1f1f6d432</RequestId>
#     </ResponseMetadata>
# </SendEmailResponse>