(VBScript) Mailgun Send Simple Email

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Send a simple email using Mailgun.

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

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl -s --user 'api:SENDING_API_KEY' 
' 	 https://api.mailgun.net/v3/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/messages 
' 	 -F from='Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>' 
' 	 -F to='Joe Example <joe@example.com>' 
' 	 -F subject='Hello Joe Example' 
' 	 -F text='Congratulations Joe Example, you just sent an email with Mailgun!  You are truly awesome!'

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

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpRequest")
set req = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/v3/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/messages"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"

' Change YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME to something like "mg.your-domain.com".
req.AddParam "from","Your Name <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>"
req.AddParam "to","Joe Example <joe@example.com>"
req.AddParam "subject","Hello Joe Example"
req.AddParam "text","Congratulations Joe Example, you just sent an email with Mailgun!  You are truly awesome!"

' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.SynchronousRequest("api.mailgun.net",443,1,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jResp = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

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

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

    WScript.Quit
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

id = jResp.StringOf("id")
message = jResp.StringOf("message")

outFile.Close