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Outlook Send Email with Attachments
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This example sends a plain-text email with attachments. Other examples exist for:- Sending plain-text email.
- Sending HTML email.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.
This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com
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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"
$success = $false
# Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
# 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.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.)
#
# Load the files to be attached.
$attach1 = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$attach1.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
$attach2 = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$attach2.LoadFile("qa_data/msword/sample.docx")
# The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
# recipients, etc. This example will build the following JSON plain-text email:
#
# {
# "message": {
# "subject": "Sample Email with Attachments",
# "body": {
# "contentType": "Text",
# "content": "This is the plain-text body..."
# },
# "toRecipients": [
# {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Chilkat Software",
# "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
# }
# },
# {
# "emailAddress": {
# "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
# }
# }
# ],
# "ccRecipients": [
# {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Chilkat Blog",
# "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
# }
# }
# ],
# "attachments": [
# {
# "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
# "name": "fishing.pdf",
# "contentType": "application/pdf",
# "size": <theActualSize>,
# "isInline": false,
# "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
# },
# {
# "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
# "name": "sample.docx",
# "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
# "size": <theActualSize>,
# "isInline": false,
# "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
# }
# ]
# },
# "saveToSentItems": true
# }
#
# Build the above JSON.
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample Email with Attachments")
$json.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","Text")
$json.UpdateString("message.body.content","This is the plain-text body...")
$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.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].`"@odata.type`"","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
$json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].name","fishing.pdf")
$json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentType","application/pdf")
$json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[0].size",$attach1.NumBytes)
$json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[0].isInline",$false)
$json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[0].contentBytes","base64",$attach1)
$json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].`"@odata.type`"","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
$json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].name","sample.docx")
$json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentType","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document")
$json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[1].size",$attach2.NumBytes)
$json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[1].isInline",$false)
$json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[1].contentBytes","base64",$attach2)
$json.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",$true)
# -------------------------------------------------------------
# Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
# -------------------------------------------------------------
# Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",$json,"application/json",$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
$($http.LastErrorText)
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.StatusCode -ne 202) {
$json.Load($resp.BodyStr)
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$($json.Emit())
$("Failed, response status code = " + $resp.StatusCode)
}
else {
$("Outlook Mail with Attachments Sent.")
}