Lua

Convert MIME to XML

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetXml method, which converts the MIME tree to Chilkat's XML representation and returns it as a string. It takes no arguments. Header names become element names, structured header parameters become attributes, and duplicate headers become repeated elements.

Tip: Code to parse the returned XML can be generated at Chilkat Tools.

Background: Turning a MIME tree into XML exposes its structure in a form that ordinary XML tools can query and transform — useful for inspection, debugging, or feeding a message into an XML-based pipeline. It is the inverse of LoadXml, so a message can be round-tripped through XML. For a quick human-readable outline rather than a full representation, see GetStructure.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the Mime.GetXml method, which converts the MIME tree to Chilkat's XML
-- representation and returns it as a string.  It takes no arguments.

local mime = chilkat.Mime.new()

local success = mime:load_mime_file("qa_data/message.eml")
if not success then
    print(mime.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Header names become XML element names and structured header parameters become XML attributes.
local xml = mime:get_xml()
if not mime.last_method_success then
    print(mime.last_error_text)
    return
end

print(xml)