VB.NET

SES Send Plain-Text Email

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Sends a simple plain-text email to one or more recipients.

See SES SendEmail for more information.

VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

' Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
' such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Integer = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As New Chilkat.AuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
' the region should match our URL above..
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "ses"

rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

rest.AddQueryParam("Action","SendEmail")

rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Body.Text.Data","This is a sample plain-text email.")
rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Body.Text.Charset","utf-8")

rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Subject.Data","Sample plain-text SES email")
rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Subject.Charset","utf-8")

' Add up to 100 TO, CC, and BCC recipients.
' If your SES account is still in the sandbox, you also must verify every recipient email address except for the recipients 
' provided by the Amazon SES mailbox simulator. (See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/mailbox-simulator.html)
rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.ToAddresses.member.1","success@simulator.amazonses.com")
' Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
' Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
' Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.1","support@chilkatsoft.com")
rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.2","somebody@yahoo.com")
rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.BccAddresses.member.1","somebody@gmail.com")

rest.AddQueryParam("Source","admin@chilkatdownload.com")

' Because there may be a large amount of data in the query params, use a POST
' where the params are sent in the body of the HTTP Request.
Dim responseXml As String = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Debug.WriteLine("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("response body: " & responseXml)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Examine the successful XML response.
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

' To get the MessageId
Debug.WriteLine("MessageId: " & xml.ChilkatPath("SendEmailResult|MessageId|*"))

' A sample successful response:
' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
' <SendEmailResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
'     <SendEmailResult>
'         <MessageId>010101579081d2c1-043c693f-5a23-4c64-a8c1-66187d3725a0-000000</MessageId>
'     </SendEmailResult>
'     <ResponseMetadata>
'         <RequestId>e2b5b480-8a4e-11e6-85cd-21b1f1f6d432</RequestId>
'     </ResponseMetadata>
' </SendEmailResponse>