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VB.NET
Outlook Send HTML Email
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This example sends an HTML email. Other examples exist for:- Sending plain-text email.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images.
- Sending email with attachments.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.
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Dim success As Boolean = False
' 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.)
'
' This example will send HTML email containing the following HTML body:
' <html>
' <head>
' <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
' <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
' </head>
' <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
' <font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email</b>.<br>
' </font>
' </body>
' </html>
' Build the HTML body...
Dim bCrlf As Boolean = True
Dim sbHtmlBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<html>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<head>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=utf-8"">",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta content=""text/html; charset=utf-8"">",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</head>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<body bgcolor=""#FFFFFF"">",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<font face=""Calibri"">This is a test <b>HTML email</b>.<br>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</font>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</body>",bCrlf)
sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</html>",bCrlf)
' The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
' recipients, etc. This example will build the following JSON HTML email:
'
' {
' "message": {
' "subject": "Sample HTML Email",
' "body": {
' "contentType": "html",
' "content": "The HTML body goes here..."
' },
' "toRecipients": [
' {
' "emailAddress": {
' "name": "Chilkat Software",
' "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
' }
' },
' {
' "emailAddress": {
' "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
' }
' }
' ],
' "ccRecipients": [
' {
' "emailAddress": {
' "name": "Chilkat Blog",
' "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
' }
' }
' ]
' },
' "saveToSentItems": true
' }
'
' Build the above JSON.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample HTML email")
json.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","html")
json.UpdateString("message.body.content",sbHtmlBody.GetAsString())
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.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",True)
' 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 HTML Mail Sent.")
End If