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VB.NET
Outlook Send Email with Attachments
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This example sends a plain-text email with attachments. Other examples exist for:- Sending plain-text email.
- Sending HTML email.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.
This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com
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Dim success As Boolean = False
' Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
' 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).
http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"
' To send mail, 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.)
'
' Load the files to be attached.
Dim attach1 As New Chilkat.BinData
attach1.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
Dim attach2 As New Chilkat.BinData
attach2.LoadFile("qa_data/msword/sample.docx")
' The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
' recipients, etc. This example will build the following JSON plain-text email:
'
' {
' "message": {
' "subject": "Sample Email with Attachments",
' "body": {
' "contentType": "Text",
' "content": "This is the plain-text body..."
' },
' "toRecipients": [
' {
' "emailAddress": {
' "name": "Chilkat Software",
' "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
' }
' },
' {
' "emailAddress": {
' "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
' }
' }
' ],
' "ccRecipients": [
' {
' "emailAddress": {
' "name": "Chilkat Blog",
' "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
' }
' }
' ],
' "attachments": [
' {
' "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
' "name": "fishing.pdf",
' "contentType": "application/pdf",
' "size": <theActualSize>,
' "isInline": false,
' "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
' },
' {
' "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
' "name": "sample.docx",
' "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
' "size": <theActualSize>,
' "isInline": false,
' "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
' }
' ]
' },
' "saveToSentItems": true
' }
'
' Build the above JSON.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample Email with Attachments")
json.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","Text")
json.UpdateString("message.body.content","This is the plain-text body...")
json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Software")
json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")
json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Blog")
json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@cknotes.com")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].""@odata.type""","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].name","fishing.pdf")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentType","application/pdf")
json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[0].size",attach1.NumBytes)
json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[0].isInline",False)
json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[0].contentBytes","base64",attach1)
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].""@odata.type""","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].name","sample.docx")
json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentType","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document")
json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[1].size",attach2.NumBytes)
json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[1].isInline",False)
json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[1].contentBytes","base64",attach2)
json.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",True)
' -------------------------------------------------------------
' Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
' -------------------------------------------------------------
' Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' 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 (resp.StatusCode <> 202) Then
json.Load(resp.BodyStr)
json.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit())
Debug.WriteLine("Failed, response status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
Else
Debug.WriteLine("Outlook Mail with Attachments Sent.")
End If