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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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llSuccess = .F.

// 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.

loHttp = createobject("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).

loHttp.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...
llBCrlf = .T.
loSbHtmlBody = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<html>",llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<head>",llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">',llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">',llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</head>",llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">',llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email with embedded images</b>.<br>',llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<br>",llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<img alt="" src="cid:starfish"><br>',llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine('<img alt="" src="cid:hedgehogs"><br>',llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</font>",llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</body>",llBCrlf)
loSbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</html>",llBCrlf)

// Load the image files.
loJpgStarfish = createobject("CkBinData")
loJpgStarfish.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
loJpgHedgeHogs = createobject("CkBinData")
loJpgHedgeHogs.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.
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample HTML Email with Embedded Images")
loJson.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","html")
loJson.UpdateString("message.body.content",loSbHtmlBody.GetAsString())

loJson.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Software")
loJson.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")
loJson.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
loJson.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Blog")
loJson.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@cknotes.com")

loJson.UpdateString('message.attachments[0]."@odata.type"',"#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].name","starfish.jpg")
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentType","image/jpeg")
loJson.UpdateInt("message.attachments[0].size",loJpgStarfish.NumBytes)
loJson.UpdateBool("message.attachments[0].isInline",.T.)
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[0].contentId","starfish")
loJson.UpdateNull("message.attachments[0].contentLocation")
loJson.UpdateBd("message.attachments[0].contentBytes","base64",loJpgStarfish)

loJson.UpdateString('message.attachments[1]."@odata.type"',"#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment")
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].name","hedgehogs.jpg")
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentType","image/jpeg")
loJson.UpdateInt("message.attachments[1].size",loJpgHedgeHogs.NumBytes)
loJson.UpdateBool("message.attachments[1].isInline",.T.)
// This contentId must match the "cid:" in the HTML
loJson.UpdateString("message.attachments[1].contentId","hedgehogs")
loJson.UpdateNull("message.attachments[1].contentLocation")
loJson.UpdateBd("message.attachments[1].contentBytes","base64",loJpgHedgeHogs)

loJson.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",.T.)

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Important: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.
// -------------------------------------------------------------

// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",loJson,"application/json",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loSbHtmlBody
    release loJpgStarfish
    release loJpgHedgeHogs
    release loJson
    release loResp
    return
endif

// 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 (loResp.StatusCode <> 202) then
    loJson.Load(loResp.BodyStr)
    loJson.EmitCompact = .F.
    ? loJson.Emit()
    ? "Failed, response status code = " + str(loResp.StatusCode)
else
    ? "Outlook HTML Mail Sent."
endif



release loHttp
release loSbHtmlBody
release loJpgStarfish
release loJpgHedgeHogs
release loJson
release loResp