Get the Entire MIME Header Section

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetEntireHead method, which returns the complete serialized header section of the current entity. It takes no arguments; the body and any multipart child content are not included.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This gives you just the headers of the current entity as text — the block above the blank line that separates headers from body. It is convenient for logging or displaying a message's metadata, or for examining the headers without the potentially large body. Its complement is GetEntireBody.

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#include <C_CkMime.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkMime mime;
    const char *headers;

    success = FALSE;

    mime = CkMime_Create();
    success = CkMime_LoadMimeFile(mime,"qa_data/message.eml");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMime_lastErrorText(mime));
        CkMime_Dispose(mime);
        return;
    }

    //  Return the complete serialized header section of the current entity.  The body and any
    //  multipart child content are not included.
    headers = CkMime_getEntireHead(mime);
    if (CkMime_getLastMethodSuccess(mime) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMime_lastErrorText(mime));
        CkMime_Dispose(mime);
        return;
    }

    printf("%s\n",headers);


    CkMime_Dispose(mime);

    }