Tcl
Outlook Send Email using MIME Format

This example sends an email using MIME format via the Microsoft Graph Outlook REST API.
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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

# Use your previously obtained access token here:
# See the following examples for getting an access token:
#    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
#    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
#    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
#    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).

set jsonToken [new_CkJsonObject]

set success [CkJsonObject_LoadFile $jsonToken "qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkJsonObject_lastErrorText $jsonToken]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    exit
}

CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonToken "access_token"]

# To send email, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
# 
# POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
# 
# (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
# 

# The body of the POST request will contain the MIME source of the email in base64 format.

# Create a new email object
set email [new_CkEmail]

CkEmail_put_Subject $email "Test Outlook API to Send HTML Email with Attachments"
CkEmail_put_From $email "Mary <mary@somewhere.com>"
CkEmail_AddTo $email "Joe" "joe@example.com"

# Add a plain-text alternative body, which will likely never be seen.
# (It is shown if the receiving email client is incapable of displaying HTML email.)
CkEmail_AddPlainTextAlternativeBody $email "This is a plain-text alternative body..."

# Our HTML will include an image, so add the related image here.
set contentIdStarfish [CkEmail_addRelatedFile $email "qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg"]
if {[CkEmail_get_LastMethodSuccess $email] == 0} then {
    puts [CkEmail_lastErrorText $email]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkEmail $email
    exit
}

# The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
set sbHtml [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkStringBuilder_Append $sbHtml "<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>"
CkStringBuilder_Append $sbHtml "<p><img src=\"cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH\" /></p></body></html>"
set numReplacements [CkStringBuilder_Replace $sbHtml "CONTENT_ID_STARFISH" $contentIdStarfish]

CkEmail_AddHtmlAlternativeBody $email [CkStringBuilder_getAsString $sbHtml]

# Finally, add some attachments to the email.
# Add a file attachment.
set success [CkEmail_AddFileAttachment2 $email "qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf" "application/pdf"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkEmail_lastErrorText $email]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkEmail $email
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbHtml
    exit
}

# Add an attachment where the content is contained in a string.
set content "This is the content of the 2nd attached file."
CkEmail_AddStringAttachment $email "someText.txt" $content

# Get the email as multi-line base64..
set bdMime [new_CkBinData]

CkEmail_GetMimeBd $email $bdMime

# Now get it as multi-line base64
set sbBase64 [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkBinData_GetEncodedSb $bdMime "base64_mime" $sbBase64

# Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the email)
set resp [new_CkHttpResponse]

set success [CkHttp_HttpSb $http "POST" "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail" $sbBase64 "utf-8" "text/plain" $resp]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkEmail $email
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbHtml
    delete_CkBinData $bdMime
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbBase64
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    exit
}

# The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
# In the success case, there is no response body.  (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
if {[CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp] != 202} then {
    set json [new_CkJsonObject]

    CkJsonObject_Load $json [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]
    CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $json 0
    puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]
    puts "Failed, response status code = [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]"
} else {
    puts "Outlook Mail Sent."
}


delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
delete_CkEmail $email
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbHtml
delete_CkBinData $bdMime
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbBase64
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
delete_CkJsonObject $json