(Visual Basic 6.0) 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.

For more information, see https://documentation.mailgun.com/en/latest/api-sending.html#sending

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' 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.

Dim email As New ChilkatEmail

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

' Add an attachment
Dim contentType As String
contentType = email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/hamlet.zip")
If (email.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print email.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Add some headers:
email.Subject = "This is a complex email"
' Please change this email address before testing.
Dim success As Long
success = email.AddTo("Joe Example","joe@example.com")
email.From = "Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>"

' Add a plain-text body:
success = email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is the plain-text body")

' Add an image that will be embedded in the HTML body.
success = email.AddRelatedFile2("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg","starfish.jpg")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print email.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Add an HTML body:
Dim html As String
html = "<html><body><b>This is the HTML body</b><br><img src=""starfish.jpg""></body></html>"

success = email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(html)

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

' Implements the following CURL command:

http.Login = "api"
http.Password = "sending_api_key"'  Replace with your actual sending API key.

Dim req As New ChilkatHttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/v3/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/messages.mime"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"

req.AddParam "from","Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>"
req.AddParam "to","Joe Example <joe@example.com>"
success = req.AddStringForUpload2("message","message.eml",email.GetMime(),"utf-8","application/octet-stream")

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.SynchronousRequest("api.mailgun.net",443,1,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print resp.Header
    Debug.Print "Failed."

    Exit Sub
End If

' 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

Dim id As String
id = jResp.StringOf("id")
Dim message As String
message = jResp.StringOf("message")