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SendRawEmail (HTML Email with PDF Attachment)

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Demonstrates how to use the SES SendRawEmail action to send an email with an attachment. Note: The total size of an SES email cannot exceed 10MB.

See SES SendRawEmail for more information.

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Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // Let's first prepare the email to be sent..
    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    email.Charset = "utf-8";
    email.Subject = "Test email with PDF attachment.";
    email.SetHtmlBody("<html><body><p>This is a test <b>HTML email with a PDF attachment</b></p></body></html>");

    // The AddFileAttachment method returns the content-type selected based on the 
    // file extension.   This example has no need of using the return value..
    var contentType = email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf");
    if (email.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(email.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Add the From header, and some recipients.
    // The From address should be an email address verified for use
    // as a sender for your Amazon SES account.
    // The From address will also be the Source parameter for the SES SendRawEmail request.
    email.From = "Chilkat Software <admin@chilkatdownload.com>";

    // Add recipients...
    // Note: We DO NOT add BCC recipients to the email.  A BCC address should not be
    // present in the MIME header of the email (otherwise it would not be "blind" because
    // other recipients would be able to see it).
    // These same addresses will be added as parameters to the SendRawEmail request.
    // (BCC addresses are added as parameters at that time.)
    email.AddTo("Mr. Simulator","success@simulator.amazonses.com");
    email.AddCC("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com");
    email.AddCC("Some Yahoo","somebody@yahoo.com");

    // Get the MIME of the email to be sent.
    var mimeStr = email.GetMime();

    // We'll need the MIME base64 encoded for the SES REST request..
    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();
    var mimeBase64 = crypt.EncodeString(mimeStr,"utf-8","base64");

    // OK.. our MIME email is prepared.  Now use Chilkat REST to send it..

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    // such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    var bTls = true;
    var port = 443;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    var authAws = new chilkat.AuthAws();
    authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
    authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY";
    // the region should match our URL above..
    authAws.Region = "us-west-2";
    authAws.ServiceName = "ses";

    rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    rest.AddQueryParam("Action","SendRawEmail");

    rest.AddQueryParam("RawMessage.Data",mimeBase64);

    // Add up to 100 TO, CC, and BCC recipients.
    // If your SES account is still in the sandbox, you also must verify every recipient email address except for the recipients 
    // provided by the Amazon SES mailbox simulator. (See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/mailbox-simulator.html)
    rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.ToAddresses.member.1","success@simulator.amazonses.com");
    // Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
    // Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
    // Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
    rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.1","support@chilkatsoft.com");
    rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.2","somebody@yahoo.com");
    rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.BccAddresses.member.1","somebody@gmail.com");

    rest.AddQueryParam("Source","admin@chilkatdownload.com");

    // Because there may be a large amount of data in the query params, use a POST
    // where the params are sent in the body of the HTTP Request.
    var responseXml = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
        console.log("response status code = " + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
        console.log("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
        console.log("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
        console.log("response body: " + responseXml);
        return;
    }

    // Examine the successful XML response.
    var xml = new chilkat.Xml();
    xml.LoadXml(responseXml);
    console.log(xml.GetXml());

    // To get the MessageId
    console.log("MessageId: " + xml.ChilkatPath("SendEmailResult|MessageId|*"));

    // A sample successful response:
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <SendEmailResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
    //     <SendEmailResult>
    //         <MessageId>010101579081d2c1-043c693f-5a23-4c64-a8c1-66187d3725a0-000000</MessageId>
    //     </SendEmailResult>
    //     <ResponseMetadata>
    //         <RequestId>e2b5b480-8a4e-11e6-85cd-21b1f1f6d432</RequestId>
    //     </ResponseMetadata>
    // </SendEmailResponse>

}

chilkatExample();