Unicode C++
Send GMail with Attachments

Demonstrates how to send an email containing attachments using the GMail REST API.
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#include <CkEmailW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    // Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
    CkEmailW email;

    // The From name/address don't need to be specified. 
    // GMail will automatically use your Gmail address if the following 2 lines are omitted.
    email.put_FromName(L"My Name");
    email.put_FromAddress(L"my_account_name@gmail.com");

    email.AddTo(L"John Smith",L"somebody@somewhere.com");
    // To add more recipients, make additional calls to AddTo or AddCC, one per recipient...

    email.put_Subject(L"This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.");
    email.put_Charset(L"utf-8");
    email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody(L"This is a test");

    // Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
    const wchar_t *cid = email.addRelatedFile(L"qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    CkStringBuilderW sbHtml;
    sbHtml.Append(L"<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src=\"cid:STARFISH_CID\"/></body></html>");
    int numReplacements = sbHtml.Replace(L"STARFISH_CID",cid);

    email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(sbHtml.getAsString());

    // Add some attachments..
    const wchar_t *mimeType = email.addFileAttachment(L"qa_data/helloWorld.pdf");
    if (email.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to add PDF attachment.\n");
        return;
    }

    mimeType = email.addFileAttachment(L"qa_data/msword/sample2.docx");
    if (email.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to add MS-Word attachment.\n");
        return;
    }

    // OK.. we now have an HTML email with 2 attachments..
    CkStringBuilderW sbMime;
    email.GetMimeSb(sbMime);

    // Send the email.  (GMail has a 5MB limit on the total email size.)
    CkHttpW http;
    http.put_AuthToken(L"GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    // Send using the simple upload request for the Gmail API
    const wchar_t *url = L"https://www.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send?uploadType=media";
    bool sendGzipped = true;

    CkHttpResponseW resp;
    success = http.HttpSb(L"POST",url,sbMime,L"utf-8",L"message/rfc822",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // A status code of 200 indicates success.
    wprintf(L"Response status code: %d\n",resp.get_StatusCode());
    wprintf(L"Response body:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",resp.bodyStr());

    // The response body contains JSON.
    // Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
    // to generate JSON parsing code.

    // A sample successful JSON response:

    // {
    //  "id": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
    //  "threadId": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
    //  "labelIds": [
    //   "SENT"
    //  ]
    // }
    }