Xojo Plugin
Xojo Plugin
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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Dim success As Boolean
success = False
// 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.
Dim http As New 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).
http.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...
Dim bCrlf As Boolean
bCrlf = True
Dim sbHtmlBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<html>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<head>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=utf-8"">",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta content=""text/html; charset=utf-8"">",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</head>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<body bgcolor=""#FFFFFF"">",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<font face=""Calibri"">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<br>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<img alt="""" src=""cid:starfish""><br>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<img alt="""" src=""cid:hedgehogs""><br>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</font>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</body>",bCrlf)
success = sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</html>",bCrlf)
// Load the image files.
Dim jpgStarfish As New Chilkat.BinData
success = jpgStarfish.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
Dim jpgHedgeHogs As New Chilkat.BinData
success = jpgHedgeHogs.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.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images")
success = json.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","html")
success = json.UpdateString("message.body.content",sbHtmlBody.GetAsString())
success = json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Software")
success = json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")
success = json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
success = json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Blog")
success = json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@cknotes.com")
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].""@odata.type""","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].name","starfish.jpg")
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentType","image/jpeg")
success = json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[0].size",jpgStarfish.NumBytes)
success = json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[0].isInline",True)
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentId","starfish")
success = json.UpdateNull("message.attachments[0].contentLocation")
success = json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[0].contentBytes","base64",jpgStarfish)
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].""@odata.type""","#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].name","hedgehogs.jpg")
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentType","image/jpeg")
success = json.UpdateInt("message.attachments[1].size",jpgHedgeHogs.NumBytes)
success = json.UpdateBool("message.attachments[1].isInline",True)
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
success = json.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentId","hedgehogs")
success = json.UpdateNull("message.attachments[1].contentLocation")
success = json.UpdateBd("message.attachments[1].contentBytes","base64",jpgHedgeHogs)
success = json.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",True)
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = False) Then
System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
// 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 (resp.StatusCode <> 202) Then
success = json.Load(resp.BodyStr)
json.EmitCompact = False
System.DebugLog(json.Emit())
System.DebugLog("Failed, response status code = " + Str(resp.StatusCode))
Else
System.DebugLog("Outlook HTML Mail Sent.")
End If