(PowerShell) Send HTML Email with Image Downloaded from URL

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image where the image data is downloaded from a URL.

Chilkat .NET Downloads

Chilkat .NET Assemblies

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

# First download the image we'll be adding to the HTML "img" tag.
$bdJpg = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
$success = $http.QuickGetBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",$bdJpg)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$mailman = New-Object Chilkat.MailMan

# Use your SMTP server..
$mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.yourserver.com"
$mailman.SmtpPort = 587
$mailman.StartTLS = $true

# Set the SMTP login/password
$mailman.SmtpUsername = "my_login"
$mailman.SmtpPassword = "my_password"

# Create an HTML email.
$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$email.Subject = "HTML Email with Image"
$email.From = "Dave <somebody@mydomain.com>"
$email.AddTo("Chilkat","info@chilkatsoft.com")

$html = "<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p><p><img src=`"starfish.jpg`" /></p></body></html>"
$email.SetHtmlBody($html)

# Note: The "starfish.jpg" here must match the name in the "img" tag's "src" attribute in the HTML above.
$success = $email.AddRelatedBd2($bdJpg,"starfish.jpg")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($email.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$email.SaveEml("qa_output/out.eml")

# success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
# if (success == ckfalse) {
#     println mailman.LastErrorText;
#     return;
# }
# 
# ignore = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();

$("Success.")