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Xbase++
Outlook Send HTML Email with Embedded Images
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This example sends an HTML email with embedded images. Other examples exist for:- Sending plain-text email.
- Sending email with attachments.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.
This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com
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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL nBCrlf
LOCAL oSbHtmlBody
LOCAL oJpgStarfish
LOCAL oJpgHedgeHogs
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oResp
nSuccess := 0
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
oHttp := CreateObject("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).
oHttp: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.
// After the
// <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 with embedded images</b>.<br>
// <br>
// <img alt="" src="cid:starfish"><br>
// <img alt="" src="cid:hedgehogs"><br>
// </font>
// </body>
// </html>
// Build the HTML body...
nBCrlf := 1
oSbHtmlBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine("<html>", nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine("<head>", nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine('<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">', nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine('<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">', nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine("</head>", nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine('<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">', nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine('<font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>', nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine("<br>", nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine('<img alt="" src="cid:starfish"><br>', nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine('<img alt="" src="cid:hedgehogs"><br>', nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine("</font>", nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine("</body>", nBCrlf)
oSbHtmlBody:AppendLine("</html>", nBCrlf)
// Load the image files.
oJpgStarfish := CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
oJpgStarfish:LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
oJpgHedgeHogs := CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
oJpgHedgeHogs:LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/hedgehogs.jpg")
// 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 with Embedded Images",
// "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"
// }
// }
// ],
// "attachments": [
// {
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// "name": "starfish.jpg",
// "contentType": "image/jpeg",
// "size": 6497,
// "isInline": true,
// "contentId": "starfish",
// "contentLocation": null,
// "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// },
// {
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
// "name": "hedgehogs.jpg",
// "contentType": "image/jpeg",
// "size": 48845,
// "isInline": true,
// "contentId": "hedgehogs",
// "contentLocation": null,
// "contentBytes": "base64_data_here"
// }
// ]
// },
// "saveToSentItems": true
// }
//
// Build the above JSON.
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:UpdateString("message.subject", "Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images")
oJson:UpdateString("message.body.contentType", "html")
oJson:UpdateString("message.body.content", oSbHtmlBody:GetAsString())
oJson:UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name", "Chilkat Software")
oJson:UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address", "admin@chilkat.io")
oJson:UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address", "chilkat.support@gmail.com")
oJson:UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name", "Chilkat Blog")
oJson:UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address", "admin@cknotes.com")
oJson:UpdateString('message.attachments[0]."@odata.type"', "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
oJson:UpdateString("message.attachments[0].name", "starfish.jpg")
oJson:UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentType", "image/jpeg")
oJson:UpdateInt("message.attachments[0].size", oJpgStarfish:NumBytes)
oJson:UpdateBool("message.attachments[0].isInline", 1)
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
oJson:UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentId", "starfish")
oJson:UpdateNull("message.attachments[0].contentLocation")
oJson:UpdateBd("message.attachments[0].contentBytes", "base64", oJpgStarfish)
oJson:UpdateString('message.attachments[1]."@odata.type"', "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
oJson:UpdateString("message.attachments[1].name", "hedgehogs.jpg")
oJson:UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentType", "image/jpeg")
oJson:UpdateInt("message.attachments[1].size", oJpgHedgeHogs:NumBytes)
oJson:UpdateBool("message.attachments[1].isInline", 1)
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
oJson:UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentId", "hedgehogs")
oJson:UpdateNull("message.attachments[1].contentLocation")
oJson:UpdateBd("message.attachments[1].contentBytes", "base64", oJpgHedgeHogs)
oJson:UpdateBool("saveToSentItems", 1)
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpJson("POST", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail", oJson, "application/json", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? oHttp:LastErrorText
oHttp:destroy()
oSbHtmlBody:destroy()
oJpgStarfish:destroy()
oJpgHedgeHogs:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
// 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 (oResp:StatusCode != 202)
oJson:Load(oResp:BodyStr)
oJson:EmitCompact := 0
? oJson:Emit()
? "Failed, response status code = " + Str(oResp:StatusCode)
ELSE
? "Outlook HTML Mail Sent."
ENDIF
oHttp:destroy()
oSbHtmlBody:destroy()
oJpgStarfish:destroy()
oJpgHedgeHogs:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oResp:destroy()