(PowerBuilder) Send GMail with Attachments

Demonstrates how to send an email containing attachments using the GMail REST API.

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ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Email
string ls_Cid
oleobject loo_SbHtml
integer li_NumReplacements
string ls_MimeType
oleobject loo_SbMime
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_Url
integer li_SendGzipped
oleobject loo_Resp

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

// Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
loo_Email = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Email" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Email
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// The From name/address don't need to be specified. 
// GMail will automatically use your Gmail address if the following 2 lines are omitted.
loo_Email.FromName = "My Name"
loo_Email.FromAddress = "my_account_name@gmail.com"

loo_Email.AddTo("John Smith","somebody@somewhere.com")
// To add more recipients, make additional calls to AddTo or AddCC, one per recipient...

loo_Email.Subject = "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat."
loo_Email.Charset = "utf-8"
loo_Email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a test")

// Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
ls_Cid = loo_Email.AddRelatedFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
loo_SbHtml = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_SbHtml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_SbHtml.Append("<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src=~"cid:STARFISH_CID~"/></body></html>")
li_NumReplacements = loo_SbHtml.Replace("STARFISH_CID",ls_Cid)

loo_Email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(loo_SbHtml.GetAsString())

// Add some attachments..
ls_MimeType = loo_Email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/helloWorld.pdf")
if loo_Email.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Failed to add PDF attachment."
    destroy loo_Email
    destroy loo_SbHtml
    return
end if

ls_MimeType = loo_Email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/msword/sample2.docx")
if loo_Email.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Failed to add MS-Word attachment."
    destroy loo_Email
    destroy loo_SbHtml
    return
end if

// OK.. we now have an HTML email with 2 attachments..
loo_SbMime = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_SbMime.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_Email.GetMimeSb(loo_SbMime)

// Send the email.  (GMail has a 5MB limit on the total email size.)
loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")

loo_Http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

// Send using the simple upload request for the Gmail API
ls_Url = "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send?uploadType=media"
li_SendGzipped = 1
loo_Resp = loo_Http.PTextSb("POST",ls_Url,loo_SbMime,"utf-8","message/rfc822",0,li_SendGzipped)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Email
    destroy loo_SbHtml
    destroy loo_SbMime
    destroy loo_Http
    return
end if

// A status code of 200 indicates success.
Write-Debug "Response status code: " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)
Write-Debug "Response body:"
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
destroy loo_Resp

// The response body contains JSON.
// Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
// to generate JSON parsing code.

// A sample successful JSON response:

// {
//  "id": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
//  "threadId": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
//  "labelIds": [
//   "SENT"
//  ]
// }


destroy loo_Email
destroy loo_SbHtml
destroy loo_SbMime
destroy loo_Http