Lua

Serialize MIME to a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetMime method, which serializes and returns the complete MIME entity — headers, body, multipart boundaries, and all descendants — as a string. It takes no arguments.

Background: This produces the finished MIME text ready to send, store, or hand to another component — the inverse of loading. The whole tree is emitted, including generated multipart boundaries. Because it returns a string, it is best for text-safe content; when the body may contain raw binary bytes, serialize with GetMimeBd to a BinData instead so nothing is altered.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the Mime.GetMime method, which serializes and returns the complete MIME entity
-- (headers, body, multipart boundaries, and all descendants) as a string.  It takes no
-- arguments.

local mime = chilkat.Mime.new()

-- Build a simple MIME entity.
local success = mime:set_body_from_plain_text("Hello, this is the message body.")
if not success then
    print(mime.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Serialize it to a string.
local mimeText = mime:get_mime()
if not mime.last_method_success then
    print(mime.last_error_text)
    return
end

print(mimeText)