Node.js

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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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  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.

    var mime = new chilkat.Mime();

    success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/message.eml");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mime.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Header names become XML element names and structured header parameters become XML attributes.
    var xml = mime.GetXml();
    if (mime.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(mime.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log(xml);

}

chilkatExample();