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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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Dart
import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // 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.

  final http = CkHttp();

  // 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...
  final bCrlf = true;
  final sbHtmlBody = CkStringBuilder();
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('<html>', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('<head>', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('</head>', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('<font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('<br>', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('<img alt="" src="cid:starfish"><br>', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('<img alt="" src="cid:hedgehogs"><br>', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('</font>', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('</body>', bCrlf);
  sbHtmlBody.appendLine('</html>', bCrlf);

  // Load the image files.
  final jpgStarfish = CkBinData();
  jpgStarfish.loadFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
  final jpgHedgeHogs = CkBinData();
  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.
  final json = CkJsonObject();
  json.updateString('message.subject', 'Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images');
  json.updateString('message.body.contentType', 'html');
  json.updateString('message.body.content', sbHtmlBody.getAsString());

  json.updateString('message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name', 'Chilkat Software');
  json.updateString('message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address', 'admin@chilkat.io');
  json.updateString('message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address', 'chilkat.support@gmail.com');
  json.updateString('message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name', 'Chilkat Blog');
  json.updateString('message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address', 'admin@cknotes.com');

  json.updateString('message.attachments[0]."@odata.type"', '#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment');
  json.updateString('message.attachments[0].name', 'starfish.jpg');
  json.updateString('message.attachments[0].contentType', 'image/jpeg');
  json.updateInt('message.attachments[0].size', jpgStarfish.numBytes);
  json.updateBool('message.attachments[0].isInline', true);
  // This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
  json.updateString('message.attachments[0].contentId', 'starfish');
  json.updateNull('message.attachments[0].contentLocation');
  json.updateBd('message.attachments[0].contentBytes', 'base64', jpgStarfish);

  json.updateString('message.attachments[1]."@odata.type"', '#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment');
  json.updateString('message.attachments[1].name', 'hedgehogs.jpg');
  json.updateString('message.attachments[1].contentType', 'image/jpeg');
  json.updateInt('message.attachments[1].size', jpgHedgeHogs.numBytes);
  json.updateBool('message.attachments[1].isInline', true);
  // This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
  json.updateString('message.attachments[1].contentId', 'hedgehogs');
  json.updateNull('message.attachments[1].contentLocation');
  json.updateBd('message.attachments[1].contentBytes', 'base64', jpgHedgeHogs);

  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)
  final resp = CkHttpResponse();
  try {
    http.httpJson('POST', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail', json, 'application/json', resp);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // 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) {
    json.load(resp.bodyStr);
    json.emitCompact = false;
    print(json.emit());
    print('Failed, response status code = ${resp.statusCode}');
  } else {
    print('Outlook HTML Mail Sent.');
  }
}