(PowerShell) Mailgun Send Simple Email

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Send a simple email using Mailgun.

For more information, see https://documentation.mailgun.com/en/latest/api-sending.html#sending

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

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl -s --user 'api:SENDING_API_KEY' 
# 	 https://api.mailgun.net/v3/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/messages 
# 	 -F from='Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>' 
# 	 -F to='Joe Example <joe@example.com>' 
# 	 -F subject='Hello Joe Example' 
# 	 -F text='Congratulations Joe Example, you just sent an email with Mailgun!  You are truly awesome!'

# Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
# Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

$http.Login = "api"
$http.Password = "sending_api_key"#  Replace with your actual sending API key.

$req = New-Object Chilkat.HttpRequest
$req.HttpVerb = "POST"
$req.Path = "/v3/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/messages"
$req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"

# Change YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME to something like "mg.your-domain.com".
$req.AddParam("from","Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>")
$req.AddParam("to","Joe Example <joe@example.com>")
$req.AddParam("subject","Hello Joe Example")
$req.AddParam("text","Congratulations Joe Example, you just sent an email with Mailgun!  You are truly awesome!")

$resp = $http.SynchronousRequest("api.mailgun.net",443,$true,$req)
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$resp.GetBodySb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jResp.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp.EmitCompact = $false

$("Response Body:")
$($jResp.Emit())

$respStatusCode = $resp.StatusCode
$("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
    $("Response Header:")
    $($resp.Header)
    $("Failed.")

    exit
}

# 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

$id = $jResp.StringOf("id")
$message = $jResp.StringOf("message")