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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

IMAP Read PEC Email of Aruba and Extract the Invoice XML Files

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IMAP Read PEC Email of Aruba and Extract the Invoice XML Files.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oImap
LOCAL nFetchUids
LOCAL oMessageSet
LOCAL oEmail
LOCAL oAttachedEmail
LOCAL oSbMime
LOCAL oMime
LOCAL oBdP7m
LOCAL oMimeP7m
LOCAL oCrypt
LOCAL oXml

nSuccess := 0

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

oImap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

//  Connect using TLS.
oImap:Ssl := 1
oImap:Port := 993
nSuccess := oImap:Connect("imap.example.com")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Authenticate
nSuccess := oImap:Login("email_account_login", "email_account_password")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
nSuccess := oImap:SelectMailbox("Inbox/postacert")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Search for messages having "POSTA CERTIFICATA: Invio File" in the subject.
nFetchUids := 1
oMessageSet := CreateObject("Chilkat.MessageSet")
nSuccess := oImap:QueryMbx('SUBJECT "POSTA CERTIFICATA: Invio File"', nFetchUids, oMessageSet)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

IF (oMessageSet:Count < 1)
    ? "No messages found."
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  For our example, we'll process only the 1st email in the messageSet.
//  Download the MIME source of the email into a StringBuilder object.
oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
nSuccess := oImap:FetchEmail(0, oMessageSet:GetId(0), oMessageSet:HasUids, oEmail)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  The email should contain an attached email.
//  The Invoice XML is contained within the attached email.
oAttachedEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
nSuccess := oEmail:GetAttachedEmail(0, oAttachedEmail)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oEmail:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    oAttachedEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Get the MIME of the attached email..
oSbMime := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
nSuccess := oAttachedEmail:GetMimeSb(oSbMime)

//  Load it into a Chilkat MIME object.
oMime := CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")
nSuccess := oMime:LoadMimeSb(oSbMime)

//  Examine the structure of the MIME.
? oMime:GetStructure("text")

//  The MIME has this structure:
//  multipart/mixed
//      application/octet-stream
//      application/octet-stream     <-- This is where the XML is contained.   It is within an opaque signature.
//      text/plain

//  The 2nd application/octet-stream MIME header looks like this:

//  ------=_Part_329673_-1348225228.1579889273592
//  Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="SM99999_99aaa.xml.p7m"
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
//  Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="SM99999_99aaa.xml.p7m"

//  Let's get the binary content of the .p7m
oBdP7m := CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
//  Get the 2nd sub-part, at index 1 because index 0 is the 1st sub-part.

oMimeP7m := CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")
nSuccess := oMime:PartAt(1, oMimeP7m)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oMime:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    oAttachedEmail:destroy()
    oSbMime:destroy()
    oMime:destroy()
    oBdP7m:destroy()
    oMimeP7m:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

IF (oMime:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? "Failed to get 2nd sub-part. Perhaps the MIME does not have a 2nd sub-part?"
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    oAttachedEmail:destroy()
    oSbMime:destroy()
    oMime:destroy()
    oBdP7m:destroy()
    oMimeP7m:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oMimeP7m:GetBodyBd(oBdP7m)

//  Verify the signature, which also extracts the content contained within the opaque signature.
oCrypt := CreateObject("Chilkat.Crypt2")
nSuccess := oCrypt:OpaqueVerifyBd(oBdP7m)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oCrypt:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    oAttachedEmail:destroy()
    oSbMime:destroy()
    oMime:destroy()
    oBdP7m:destroy()
    oMimeP7m:destroy()
    oCrypt:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  The bdP7m now contains the Invoice XML.
//  Load it into an XML object.
oXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
nSuccess := oXml:LoadBd(oBdP7m, 1)

? oXml:GetXml()

//  We have XML such as the following:
//  
//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
//  <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="fatturapa_v1.2.xsl"?>
//  <p:FatturaElettronica versione="FPR12" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" 
//      xmlns:p="http://ivaservizi.agenziaentrate.gov.it/docs/xsd/fatture/v1.2" 
//      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
//      <FatturaElettronicaHeader>
//  	...
//      </FatturaElettronicaHeader>
//      <FatturaElettronicaBody>
//  	...
//      </FatturaElettronicaBody>
//  </p:FatturaElettronica>

//  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
//  Generate Parsing Code from XML

? "success."

oImap:destroy()
oMessageSet:destroy()
oEmail:destroy()
oAttachedEmail:destroy()
oSbMime:destroy()
oMime:destroy()
oBdP7m:destroy()
oMimeP7m:destroy()
oCrypt:destroy()
oXml:destroy()