Save HTML Email Embedded Images

Saves HTML embedded items to files in a subdirectory. Images, style sheets, and anything else embedded within HTML, are not considered to be attachments. Instead, these items are "related items". The Chilkat email object provides a set of methods/properties for accessing the related items within an email.

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require 'rubygems'
require 'chilkat'

#  Create a MailMan or Imap object first for the purpose
#  of unlocking the component. (Only one is necessary)
mailman = Chilkat::CkMailMan.new()
mailman.UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial")
imap = Chilkat::CkImap.new()
imap.UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial")

email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()

#  Load an email object containing HTML with embedded images.
#  This .eml can be downloaded from:
#  http://www.example-code.com/testData/HtmlEmail.eml

success = email.LoadEml("HtmlEmail.eml")
if (success != true)
    print email.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Iterate over the related items.
#  Print the file name and save each to a file.

for i in 0 .. email.get_NumRelatedItems() - 1

    print email.getRelatedFilename(i) + "\n";

    success = email.SaveRelatedItem(i,"myRelatedItems")
    if (success != true)
        print email.lastErrorText() + "\n"
        exit
    end

end