PureBasic
PureBasic
Send GMail with Attachments
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Demonstrates how to send an email containing attachments using the GMail REST API.Chilkat PureBasic Downloads
IncludeFile "CkHttpResponse.pb"
IncludeFile "CkHttp.pb"
IncludeFile "CkStringBuilder.pb"
IncludeFile "CkEmail.pb"
Procedure ChilkatExample()
success.i = 0
; 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.
email.i = CkEmail::ckCreate()
If email.i = 0
Debug "Failed to create object."
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
; The From name/address don't need to be specified.
; GMail will automatically use your Gmail address if the following 2 lines are omitted.
CkEmail::setCkFromName(email, "My Name")
CkEmail::setCkFromAddress(email, "my_account_name@gmail.com")
CkEmail::ckAddTo(email,"John Smith","somebody@somewhere.com")
; To add more recipients, make additional calls to AddTo or AddCC, one per recipient...
CkEmail::setCkSubject(email, "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.")
CkEmail::setCkCharset(email, "utf-8")
CkEmail::ckAddPlainTextAlternativeBody(email,"This is a test")
; Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
cid.s = CkEmail::ckAddRelatedFile(email,"qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
sbHtml.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
If sbHtml.i = 0
Debug "Failed to create object."
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
CkStringBuilder::ckAppend(sbHtml,"<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src=" + Chr(34) + "cid:STARFISH_CID" + Chr(34) + "/></body></html>")
numReplacements.i = CkStringBuilder::ckReplace(sbHtml,"STARFISH_CID",cid)
CkEmail::ckAddHtmlAlternativeBody(email,CkStringBuilder::ckGetAsString(sbHtml))
; Add some attachments..
mimeType.s = CkEmail::ckAddFileAttachment(email,"qa_data/helloWorld.pdf")
If CkEmail::ckLastMethodSuccess(email) <> 1
Debug "Failed to add PDF attachment."
CkEmail::ckDispose(email)
CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbHtml)
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
mimeType = CkEmail::ckAddFileAttachment(email,"qa_data/msword/sample2.docx")
If CkEmail::ckLastMethodSuccess(email) <> 1
Debug "Failed to add MS-Word attachment."
CkEmail::ckDispose(email)
CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbHtml)
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
; OK.. we now have an HTML email with 2 attachments..
sbMime.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
If sbMime.i = 0
Debug "Failed to create object."
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
CkEmail::ckGetMimeSb(email,sbMime)
; Send the email. (GMail has a 5MB limit on the total email size.)
http.i = CkHttp::ckCreate()
If http.i = 0
Debug "Failed to create object."
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
CkHttp::setCkAuthToken(http, "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN")
; Send using the simple upload request for the Gmail API
url.s = "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send?uploadType=media"
sendGzipped.i = 1
resp.i = CkHttpResponse::ckCreate()
If resp.i = 0
Debug "Failed to create object."
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
success = CkHttp::ckHttpSb(http,"POST",url,sbMime,"utf-8","message/rfc822",resp)
If success = 0
Debug CkHttp::ckLastErrorText(http)
CkEmail::ckDispose(email)
CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbHtml)
CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbMime)
CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)
ProcedureReturn
EndIf
; A status code of 200 indicates success.
Debug "Response status code: " + Str(CkHttpResponse::ckStatusCode(resp))
Debug "Response body:"
Debug CkHttpResponse::ckBodyStr(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"
; ]
; }
CkEmail::ckDispose(email)
CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbHtml)
CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbMime)
CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)
ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure