(Ruby) Save HTML Email Embedded Images

Saves HTML embedded items to files in a subdirectory. Images, style sheets, and anything else embedded within HTML, are not considered to be attachments. Instead, these items are "related item". The Chilkat email object provides a set of methods/properties for accessing the related items within an email.

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require 'chilkat'

email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()

# Load an email object containing HTML with embedded images.

success = email.LoadEml("myEmails/HtmlEmail.eml")
if (success != true)
    print email.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Iterate over the related items.  
# Print the file name and save each to a file.
i = 0
numRelated = email.get_NumRelatedItems()
while i < numRelated

    print email.getRelatedFilename(i) + "\n";

    success = email.SaveRelatedItem(i,"myRelatedItemsDir")
    if (success != true)
        print email.lastErrorText() + "\n";
        exit
    end

    i = i + 1
end