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Mailgun Send Email using MIME

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Send an email using MIME. This allows for the Chilkat email object to be used to construct the email. Then it can be sent using Mailgun.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    -- We're going to create an email that contains an .zip attachment,
    -- and also both plain-text and HTML alternative bodies.
    -- The HTML body will include an image.

    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Adding attachments, HTML/plain-text bodies, etc can be done
    -- in any order:

    -- Add an attachment
    DECLARE @contentType nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddFileAttachment', @contentType OUT, 'qa_data/hamlet.zip'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    -- Add some headers:
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'This is a complex email'
    -- Please change this email address before testing.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', @success OUT, 'Joe Example', 'joe@example.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>'

    -- Add a plain-text body:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddPlainTextAlternativeBody', @success OUT, 'This is the plain-text body'

    -- Add an image that will be embedded in the HTML body.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddRelatedFile2', @success OUT, 'qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg', 'starfish.jpg'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    -- Add an HTML body:
    DECLARE @html nvarchar(4000)

    SELECT @html = '<html><body><b>This is the HTML body</b><br><img src="starfish.jpg"></body></html>'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddHtmlAlternativeBody', @success OUT, @html

    -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Send the above email using Mailgun

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT

    -- Implements the following CURL command:

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'Login', 'api'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'Password', 'sending_api_key'    --  Replace with your actual sending API key.

    DECLARE @req int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpRequest', @req OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @req, 'HttpVerb', 'POST'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @req, 'Path', '/v3/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/messages.mime'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @req, 'ContentType', 'multipart/form-data'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddParam', NULL, 'from', 'Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddParam', NULL, 'to', 'Joe Example <joe@example.com>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetMime', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddStringForUpload2', @success OUT, 'message', 'message.eml', @sTmp0, 'utf-8', 'application/octet-stream'

    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpSReq', @success OUT, 'api.mailgun.net', 443, 1, @req, @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @req
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @sbResponseBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbResponseBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @resp, 'GetBodySb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody
    DECLARE @jResp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jResp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'LoadSb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jResp, 'EmitCompact', 0


    PRINT 'Response Body:'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    DECLARE @respStatusCode int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @respStatusCode OUT

    PRINT 'Response Status Code = ' + @respStatusCode
    IF @respStatusCode >= 400
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Response Header:'
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'Header', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Failed.'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @req
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp
        RETURN
      END

    -- Sample JSON response:
    -- (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    -- {
    --   "id": "<20210429234809.1.2D550E1C94D3D98F@sandbox0e542e4c577f4bbb98c8bf6b6bca727b.mailgun.org>",
    --   "message": "Queued. Thank you."
    -- }

    -- Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
    -- Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
    -- Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    DECLARE @id nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @id OUT, 'id'
    DECLARE @message nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @message OUT, 'message'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @req
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp


END
GO