(VB.NET UWP/WinRT) MedTunnel: Send Message with File Attachment

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Demonstrates the MedTunnel SendMessage method to send a message with a file attachment to one or more recipients.

For more information, see https://server.medtunnel.com/apidocs/html/M_MedTunnelMsg_Controllers_MessageController_SendMessage.htm

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl https://server.medtunnel.com/MedTunnelMsg/api/Message/SendMessage -X POST -k 
'         -F "ApplicationId=yourApplicationId" -F "LocationId=yourLocationId" 
'         -F "MedTunnelId=yourMedTunnelId" -F "MedTunnelPassword=yourMedTunnelPassword" 
'         -F "To=recipientsMedTunnelId" 
'         -F "Body=Test of SendMessage"
'         -F "file1=@qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg"

' Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
' Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/MedTunnelMsg/api/Message/SendMessage"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"

req.AddParam("ApplicationId","yourApplicationId")
req.AddParam("LocationId","yourLocationId")
req.AddParam("MedTunnelId","yourMedTunnelId")
req.AddParam("MedTunnelPassword","yourMedTunnelPassword")
req.AddParam("To","recipientsMedTunnelId")
req.AddParam("Body","Test")

success = req.AddFileForUpload2("file1","qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg","application/octet-stream")

req.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue")

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = Await http.SynchronousRequestAsync("server.medtunnel.com",443,True,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

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

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

    Exit Sub
End If



' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

' {
'   "ReturnCode": 1,
'   "ReturnCodeText": "Success",
'   "Data": "{\"Id\":989432,\"FromUserId\":36990,\"FromMailBoxId\":36965, ... \"SendGlobalNotifications\":false}"
' }

' 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 ReturnCode As Integer = jResp.IntOf("ReturnCode")
Dim ReturnCodeText As String = jResp.StringOf("ReturnCodeText")
Dim Data As String = jResp.StringOf("Data")

' Load the Data into another JSON object and parse..
Dim jsonData As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonData.Load(Data)
jsonData.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine(jsonData.Emit())

' {
'   "Id": 989448,
'   "FromUserId": 36990,
'   "FromMailBoxId": 36965,
'   "FromUserType": 0,
'   "FromUserName": "...",
'   "FromUserFullName": "...",
'   "FromUserAccountName": "...",
'   "FromUserAccountTitle": "...",
'   "ToUserId": 36990,
'   "ToUserType": 1,
'   "ToUserMailboxId": "36965",
'   "ToUserName": "...",
'   "ToUserFullName": "...",
'   "EmailAddress": "",
'   "Password": "",
'   "Subject": "",
'   "PatientMedTunnelId": "",
'   "Body": "Test",
'   "DateReceived": "4/29/2021 2:48:22 PM",
'   "DisplayDateReceived": "04/29/2021  2:48 PM",
'   "ViewCount": 0,
'   "ViewedOn": "",
'   "AttachmentCount": 1,
'   "AttachmentNames": [
'     {
'       "MessageId": 989448,
'       "Id": 424857,
'       "Name": "starfish.jpg.35910fe9-4118-414c-a845-4d092ca6e784",
'       "DisplayName": "starfish.jpg",
'       "Size": 6229,
'       "WasViewed": false,
'       "ViewedOn": "",
'       "ViewCount": 0,
'       "Location": "Default"
'     }
'   ],
'   "AllRecipients": [
'     {
'       "Id": 989448,
'       "UserName": "...",
'       "AccountId": 0,
'       "AccountName": "...",
'       "AccountTitle": "",
'       "FirstName": "...",
'       "LastName": "...",
'       "EmailAddress": "",
'       "LastSentOn": "",
'       "SendCount": 0,
'       "IsFavorite": false
'     }
'   ],
'   "Status": 0,
'   "ParentMessageId": 989448,
'   "DistributionListId": 0,
'   "DistributionListName": "",
'   "BodyHistory": "",
'   "ReadReceiptCallbackUrl": null,
'   "SendGlobalNotifications": false
' }




Dim MessageId As Integer
Dim Name As String
Dim DisplayName As String
Dim Size As Integer
Dim WasViewed As Boolean
Dim Location As String
Dim UserName As String
Dim AccountId As Integer
Dim AccountName As String
Dim AccountTitle As String
Dim FirstName As String
Dim LastName As String
Dim LastSentOn As String
Dim SendCount As Integer
Dim IsFavorite As Boolean

Dim Id As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("Id")
Dim FromUserId As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("FromUserId")
Dim FromMailBoxId As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("FromMailBoxId")
Dim FromUserType As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("FromUserType")
Dim FromUserName As String = jsonData.StringOf("FromUserName")
Dim FromUserFullName As String = jsonData.StringOf("FromUserFullName")
Dim FromUserAccountName As String = jsonData.StringOf("FromUserAccountName")
Dim FromUserAccountTitle As String = jsonData.StringOf("FromUserAccountTitle")
Dim ToUserId As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("ToUserId")
Dim ToUserType As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("ToUserType")
Dim ToUserMailboxId As String = jsonData.StringOf("ToUserMailboxId")
Dim ToUserName As String = jsonData.StringOf("ToUserName")
Dim ToUserFullName As String = jsonData.StringOf("ToUserFullName")
Dim EmailAddress As String = jsonData.StringOf("EmailAddress")
Dim Password As String = jsonData.StringOf("Password")
Dim Subject As String = jsonData.StringOf("Subject")
Dim PatientMedTunnelId As String = jsonData.StringOf("PatientMedTunnelId")
Dim Body As String = jsonData.StringOf("Body")
Dim DateReceived As String = jsonData.StringOf("DateReceived")
Dim DisplayDateReceived As String = jsonData.StringOf("DisplayDateReceived")
Dim ViewCount As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("ViewCount")
Dim ViewedOn As String = jsonData.StringOf("ViewedOn")
Dim AttachmentCount As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("AttachmentCount")
Dim Status As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("Status")
Dim ParentMessageId As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("ParentMessageId")
Dim DistributionListId As Integer = jsonData.IntOf("DistributionListId")
Dim DistributionListName As String = jsonData.StringOf("DistributionListName")
Dim BodyHistory As String = jsonData.StringOf("BodyHistory")
Dim ReadReceiptCallbackUrl As String = jsonData.StringOf("ReadReceiptCallbackUrl")
Dim SendGlobalNotifications As Boolean = jsonData.BoolOf("SendGlobalNotifications")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jsonData.SizeOfArray("AttachmentNames")
While i < count_i
    jsonData.I = i
    MessageId = jsonData.IntOf("AttachmentNames[i].MessageId")
    Id = jsonData.IntOf("AttachmentNames[i].Id")
    Name = jsonData.StringOf("AttachmentNames[i].Name")
    DisplayName = jsonData.StringOf("AttachmentNames[i].DisplayName")
    Size = jsonData.IntOf("AttachmentNames[i].Size")
    WasViewed = jsonData.BoolOf("AttachmentNames[i].WasViewed")
    ViewedOn = jsonData.StringOf("AttachmentNames[i].ViewedOn")
    ViewCount = jsonData.IntOf("AttachmentNames[i].ViewCount")
    Location = jsonData.StringOf("AttachmentNames[i].Location")
    i = i + 1
End While
i = 0
count_i = jsonData.SizeOfArray("AllRecipients")
While i < count_i
    jsonData.I = i
    Id = jsonData.IntOf("AllRecipients[i].Id")
    UserName = jsonData.StringOf("AllRecipients[i].UserName")
    AccountId = jsonData.IntOf("AllRecipients[i].AccountId")
    AccountName = jsonData.StringOf("AllRecipients[i].AccountName")
    AccountTitle = jsonData.StringOf("AllRecipients[i].AccountTitle")
    FirstName = jsonData.StringOf("AllRecipients[i].FirstName")
    LastName = jsonData.StringOf("AllRecipients[i].LastName")
    EmailAddress = jsonData.StringOf("AllRecipients[i].EmailAddress")
    LastSentOn = jsonData.StringOf("AllRecipients[i].LastSentOn")
    SendCount = jsonData.IntOf("AllRecipients[i].SendCount")
    IsFavorite = jsonData.BoolOf("AllRecipients[i].IsFavorite")
    i = i + 1
End While