(SQL Server) Get SpamAssassin Score for an Email

Uses Postmark’s spam API (a RESTfull interface to the SpamAssassin filter tool) to analyze an email to get a spam score.

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ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

    DECLARE @success int

    -- First build an email to check.
    DECLARE @email int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Email" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'this is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'From', 'support@chilkatsoft.com'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddTo', @success OUT, 'John Doe', 'john@example.com'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddPlainTextAlternativeBody', @success OUT, 'this is a test'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddHtmlAlternativeBody', @success OUT, '<html><body><b>Hello John!</b><p>This is a test</p></body></html>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'AddFileAttachment2', @success OUT, 'qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg', 'image/jpeg'

    -- Check this email by implementing this curl command:

    -- curl -X POST "https://spamcheck.postmarkapp.com/filter"
    -- -H "Accept: application/json"
    -- -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -- -v
    -- -d '{"email":"raw dump of email", "options":"short"}'

    DECLARE @json int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetMime', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'email', @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'options', 'short'

    DECLARE @http int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT

    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'PostJson3', @resp OUT, 'https://spamcheck.postmarkapp.com/filter', 'application/json', @json
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        RETURN
      END


    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'response status code = ' + @iTmp0

    PRINT 'response body: '
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp


    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http


END
GO