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IMAP Read PEC Email of Aruba and Extract the Invoice XML Files

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IMAP Read PEC Email of Aruba and Extract the Invoice XML Files.

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

imap = Chilkat::CkImap.new()

# Connect using TLS.
imap.put_Ssl(true)
imap.put_Port(993)
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (success == false)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Authenticate
success = imap.Login("email_account_login","email_account_password")
if (success == false)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox/postacert")
if (success == false)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Search for messages having "POSTA CERTIFICATA: Invio File" in the subject.
fetchUids = true
messageSet = Chilkat::CkMessageSet.new()
success = imap.QueryMbx("SUBJECT \"POSTA CERTIFICATA: Invio File\"",fetchUids,messageSet)
if (success == false)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

if (messageSet.get_Count() < 1)
    print "No messages found." + "\n";
    exit
end

# For our example, we'll process only the 1st email in the messageSet.
# Download the MIME source of the email into a StringBuilder object.
email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()
success = imap.FetchEmail(false,messageSet.GetId(0),messageSet.get_HasUids(),email)
if (success == false)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# The email should contain an attached email.
# The Invoice XML is contained within the attached email.
attachedEmail = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()
success = email.GetAttachedEmail(0,attachedEmail)
if (success == false)
    print email.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Get the MIME of the attached email..
sbMime = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
success = attachedEmail.GetMimeSb(sbMime)

# Load it into a Chilkat MIME object.
mime = Chilkat::CkMime.new()
success = mime.LoadMimeSb(sbMime)

# Examine the structure of the MIME.
print mime.getStructure("text") + "\n";

# The MIME has this structure:
# multipart/mixed
#     application/octet-stream
#     application/octet-stream     <-- This is where the XML is contained.   It is within an opaque signature.
#     text/plain

# The 2nd application/octet-stream MIME header looks like this:

# ------=_Part_329673_-1348225228.1579889273592
# Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="SM99999_99aaa.xml.p7m"
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
# Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="SM99999_99aaa.xml.p7m"

# Let's get the binary content of the .p7m
bdP7m = Chilkat::CkBinData.new()
# Get the 2nd sub-part, at index 1 because index 0 is the 1st sub-part.

mimeP7m = Chilkat::CkMime.new()
success = mime.PartAt(1,mimeP7m)
if (success == false)
    print mime.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

if (mime.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print "Failed to get 2nd sub-part. Perhaps the MIME does not have a 2nd sub-part?" + "\n";
    exit
end

success = mimeP7m.GetBodyBd(bdP7m)

# Verify the signature, which also extracts the content contained within the opaque signature.
crypt = Chilkat::CkCrypt2.new()
success = crypt.OpaqueVerifyBd(bdP7m)
if (success == false)
    print crypt.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# The bdP7m now contains the Invoice XML.
# Load it into an XML object.
xml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()
success = xml.LoadBd(bdP7m,true)

print xml.getXml() + "\n";

# We have XML such as the following:
# 
# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
# <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="fatturapa_v1.2.xsl"?>
# <p:FatturaElettronica versione="FPR12" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" 
#     xmlns:p="http://ivaservizi.agenziaentrate.gov.it/docs/xsd/fatture/v1.2" 
#     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
#     <FatturaElettronicaHeader>
# 	...
#     </FatturaElettronicaHeader>
#     <FatturaElettronicaBody>
# 	...
#     </FatturaElettronicaBody>
# </p:FatturaElettronica>

# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
# Generate Parsing Code from XML

print "success." + "\n";