Lua

Load MIME from BinData

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.LoadMimeBd method, which parses complete MIME bytes from a BinData and replaces the current MIME. The only argument is the BinData.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is the safest loader because it works on raw bytes: MIME can carry 8-bit content and even embedded NUL bytes that a text string would mangle, so loading from a BinData preserves the message exactly. Prefer it whenever the input is binary or of uncertain encoding — a downloaded message, a file read as bytes — over the string-based loaders.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the Mime.LoadMimeBd method, which parses complete MIME bytes from a BinData and
-- replaces the current MIME.  The only argument is the BinData.  This is the preferred loader
-- when the MIME may contain arbitrary 8-bit or embedded NUL bytes.

local bd = chilkat.BinData.new()
local success = bd:load_file("qa_data/message.eml")
if not success then
    print(bd.last_error_text)
    return
end

local mime = chilkat.Mime.new()
success = mime:load_mime_bd(bd)
if not success then
    print(mime.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Content-Type: " .. mime.content_type)