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Send GMail with Attachments

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

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PureBasic
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