Lua

Load an Email from MIME Text in a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as the contents of a .eml file) held in a string. On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to MIME with GetMime, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This is the in-memory (string) counterpart to LoadEml, which reads MIME from a file. It is handy when the raw message text arrives from somewhere other than the filesystem — a database column, an HTTP response, or a message queue — letting you parse it straight into a fully populated Email object.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as
-- the contents of a .eml file) held in a string.  On success, it replaces the entire
-- current email.

-- Build a source email and get its MIME text.
local source = chilkat.Email.new()
source.subject = "Source message"
source.from = "alice@example.com"
source.body = "Hello from MIME text."
local mimeText = source:get_mime()

-- Load a new email object from the MIME text.
local email = chilkat.Email.new()
local success = email:set_from_mime_text(mimeText)
if not success then
    print(email.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Loaded subject: " .. email.subject)