(Swift 3,4,5...) Send HTML Email with Image Downloaded from URL

Demonstrates how to compose an HTML email with an embedded image where the image data is downloaded from a URL.

Chilkat Downloads for the Swift Programming Language

MAC OS X (Cocoa) Objective-C/Swift Libs

iOS Objective-C/Swift Libs

func chilkatTest() {
    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // First download the image we'll be adding to the HTML "img" tag.
    let bdJpg = CkoBinData()!
    let http = CkoHttp()!
    var success: Bool = http.quickGetBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg", binData: bdJpg)
    if success == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    let mailman = CkoMailMan()!

    // Use your SMTP server..
    mailman.smtpHost = "smtp.yourserver.com"
    mailman.smtpPort = 587
    mailman.startTLS = true

    // Set the SMTP login/password
    mailman.smtpUsername = "my_login"
    mailman.smtpPassword = "my_password"

    // Create an HTML email.
    let email = CkoEmail()!
    email.subject = "HTML Email with Image"
    email.from = "Dave <somebody@mydomain.com>"
    email.add(to: "Chilkat", emailAddress: "info@chilkatsoft.com")

    var html: String? = "<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p><p><img src=\"starfish.jpg\" /></p></body></html>"
    email.setHtmlBody(html)

    // Note: The "starfish.jpg" here must match the name in the "img" tag's "src" attribute in the HTML above.
    success = email.addRelatedBd2(bdJpg, fileNameInHtml: "starfish.jpg")
    if success == false {
        print("\(email.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    email.saveEml("qa_output/out.eml")

    // success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    // if (success == ckfalse) {
    //     println mailman.LastErrorText;
    //     return;
    // }
    // 
    // ignore = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();

    print("Success.")

}