Chilkat2-Python
Chilkat2-Python
Save an Email to a Chilkat XML File
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML representation and saves it to a file. It can later be reloaded with LoadXml. This example builds a message and saves it as XML.
Background: This XML format is an alternative to the standard
.eml (MIME) format for persisting an email. Note that .eml also preserves Chilkat's CKX- metadata headers (which are always removed before an email is sent), so it captures the same information. Because .eml is universal and interoperable, Chilkat recommends using SaveEml / LoadEml over the XML format — even within Chilkat-based software.Chilkat Chilkat2-Python Downloads
import sys
import chilkat2
success = False
# Demonstrates the SaveXml method, which converts the email object to Chilkat's XML
# representation and saves it to a file. It can later be reloaded with LoadXml.
email = chilkat2.Email()
email.Subject = "Save as XML"
email.From = "alice@example.com"
email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
email.Body = "Hello!"
# Save the email to a Chilkat XML file.
success = email.SaveXml("qa_output/email.xml")
if (success == False):
print(email.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
print("Saved to email.xml.")
# Note: The path "qa_output/..." is a relative local filesystem path,
# relative to the current working directory of the running application.