C

Load .eml and Examine the Structure, Attachments, and Related Items

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Demonstrates how to load examine the MIME structure of a .eml, and also examine the attachment and related item filenames, attached messages, and multipart/report and DSN information. C

#include <C_CkMime.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    const char *emlPath;
    HCkMime mime;
    HCkEmail email;
    int i;
    int numAttach;
    int numRelated;
    HCkEmail em;
    int numAttachedMessages;
    int numReports;
    HCkJsonObject jsonDsnInfo;

    success = FALSE;

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

    emlPath = "C:/AAWorkarea/beatrix/roesner.eml";

    mime = CkMime_Create();

    success = CkMime_LoadMimeFile(mime,emlPath);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMime_lastErrorText(mime));
        CkMime_Dispose(mime);
        return;
    }

    printf("---- MIME structure ----\n");
    printf("%s\n",CkMime_getStructure(mime,"text"));
    printf("------------------------\n");

    email = CkEmail_Create();
    success = CkEmail_LoadEml(email,emlPath);

    // Was this a signed and/or encrypted email?
    // If so, then loading the .eml automatically unwraps
    // (i.e. verifies signatures and decrypts) and the resultant
    // email is what existed prior to signing/encrypting.
    printf("Email was Signed: %d\n",CkEmail_getReceivedSigned(email));
    printf("Email was Encrypted: %d\n",CkEmail_getReceivedEncrypted(email));
    if (CkEmail_getReceivedSigned(email) == TRUE) {
        printf("Signature(s) valid = %d\n",CkEmail_getSignaturesValid(email));
    }

    if (CkEmail_getReceivedEncrypted(email) == TRUE) {
        printf("Decrypted successfully = %d\n",CkEmail_getDecrypted(email));
    }

    i = 0;
    numAttach = CkEmail_getNumAttachments(email);
    printf("Number of attachments = %d\n",numAttach);

    while (i < numAttach) {
        printf("---- Attachment %d\n",i);

        // Examine the filename (if any)
        printf("filename: %s\n",CkEmail_getAttachmentFilename(email,i));
        // Examine the content-ID (if any)
        printf("Content-ID: %s\n",CkEmail_getAttachmentContentID(email,i));
        // Examine the content-type
        printf("Content-Type: %s\n",CkEmail_getAttachmentContentType(email,i));
        // Examine the content-disposition
        printf("Content-Disposition%s\n",CkEmail_getAttachmentHeader(email,i,"content-disposition"));
        // Examine the attachment size:
        printf("Size (in bytes) of the attachment: %d\n",CkEmail_GetAttachmentSize(email,i));

        i = i + 1;
    }

    printf("--\n");

    // Now for the related items.

    // Note: A MIME sub-part can potentially be both a related item AND an attachment.
    // The typical case is when the item is contained under the multipart/related enclosure and 
    // the item also has a "Content-Disposition" header indicating "attachment".
    // The location within multipart/related makes it a "related item", yet the Content-Disposition can also make it semantically an attachment.
    // Related items and attachments are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

    numRelated = CkEmail_getNumRelatedItems(email);
    printf("Number of related items = %d\n",numRelated);
    i = 0;
    while (i < numRelated) {
        printf("---- Related Item %d\n",i);

        // Examine the filename (if any)
        printf("filename: %s\n",CkEmail_getRelatedFilename(email,i));
        // Examine the content-ID (if any)
        printf("Content-ID: %s\n",CkEmail_getRelatedContentID(email,i));
        // Examine the content-type
        printf("Content-Type: %s\n",CkEmail_getRelatedContentType(email,i));
        // Examine the content-location (if any)
        printf("Content-Location%s\n",CkEmail_getRelatedContentLocation(email,i));

        i = i + 1;
    }

    // The email could also have attached messages.
    // An attached message is another email that was attached to this email.
    em = CkEmail_Create();
    numAttachedMessages = CkEmail_getNumAttachedMessages(email);
    printf("Number of attached messages = %d\n",numAttachedMessages);
    i = 0;
    while (i < numAttachedMessages) {
        printf("---- Attached message %d\n",i);

        // Examine the attached email
        CkEmail_GetAttachedEmail(email,i,em);
        printf("from: %s\n",CkEmail_ck_from(em));
        printf("subject: %s\n",CkEmail_subject(em));
        i = i + 1;
    }

    // An email could also be a multipart/report email. 
    // This is a DSN (Delivery Status Notification)
    // The NumReports property indicates how many "reports" exist.
    numReports = CkEmail_getNumReports(email);
    printf("Number of reports = %d\n",numReports);
    i = 0;
    while (i < numReports) {
        printf("---- Report %d\n",i);
        // Get the raw report data...
        printf("%s\n",CkEmail_getReport(email,i));
        i = i + 1;
    }

    // If the email is a multipart/report, then the information
    // from the message/delivery-status part of the email can be retrieved:
    if (CkEmail_IsMultipartReport(email) == TRUE) {

        printf("--- Delivery Status Information:\n");
        printf("Status: %s\n",CkEmail_getDeliveryStatusInfo(email,"Status"));
        printf("Action: %s\n",CkEmail_getDeliveryStatusInfo(email,"Action"));
        printf("Reporting-MTA: %s\n",CkEmail_getDeliveryStatusInfo(email,"Reporting-MTA"));

        jsonDsnInfo = CkJsonObject_Create();
        CkEmail_GetDsnInfo(email,jsonDsnInfo);
        CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(jsonDsnInfo,FALSE);
        printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(jsonDsnInfo));
    }



    CkMime_Dispose(mime);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);
    CkEmail_Dispose(em);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonDsnInfo);

    }