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Convert MIME to XML

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Demonstrates how to convert MIME to XML, and how to access the MIME parts and data from XML.

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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Mime,
  Chilkat.Xml;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  mime: TMime;
  xmlStr: string;
  xml: TXml;
  htmlContent: string;
  notUsed: string;
  jpgBytes: TBytes;

begin
  success := False;

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

  mime := TMime.Create;

  //  The contents of this MIME file are shown below, 
  //  and is also available at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/sampleMime.txt
  success := mime.LoadMimeFile('qa_data/mime/sampleMime.txt');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mime.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  The MIME used in this example has the following nested structure
  //  
  //  multipart/alternative
  //      text/plain
  //      multipart/related
  //          text/html
  //          image/jpeg
  //  

  //  Convert to XML.
  xmlStr := mime.GetXml();

  //  Load into a Chilkat XML object so we can emit in indented format.
  //  (and also to demonstrate how to access the MIME content from XML).
  xml := TXml.Create;
  xml.LoadXml(xmlStr);
  //  The XML emitted by this statement is shown below, following the remainder of sample code.
  WriteLn(xml.GetXml());

  //  To get the top-level Subject header field:
  WriteLn('Subject = ' + xml.ChilkatPath('header|subject|*'));

  //  Another way of getting the Subject:
  xml.FirstChild2();
  WriteLn('Subject = ' + xml.GetChildContent('subject'));
  xml.GetRoot2();

  //  Using the Chilkat XML API, there are many different ways of accomplishing a goal.
  //  This example shows only a few possibilities...

  //  Let's go to the <body> tag containing the HTML.
  //  First we find the XML node where the content-type is text/html.
  //  (XML methods ending in "2" update the internal reference to the XML node.)
  success := xml.SearchForContent2(xml,'content-type','text/html');
  if (success = True) then
    begin
      //  From this point, we know the HTML content is two levels up (to the <mime_message> node),
      //  and one level down (to the <body> node).  We can get the HTML content from here:
      htmlContent := xml.ChilkatPath('..|..|body|*');
      WriteLn(htmlContent);
      WriteLn('-');
    end;

  //  Back to the root...
  xml.GetRoot2();

  //  How to iterate over all image/jpeg bodies and access the bytes of each?
  success := xml.SearchForContent2(xml,'content-type','image/jpeg');
  while success = True do
    begin
      //  "$" in the Chilkat path indicates to update the internal reference of the caller
      //  if the path could be traversed.
      notUsed := xml.ChilkatPath('..|..|body|$');
      if (xml.LastMethodSuccess = True) then
        begin

          jpgBytes := xml.GetBinaryContent(False,False,'');

          WriteLn('Found JPG image!');

          //  Find the next JPG image.
          success := xml.SearchForContent2(xml,'content-type','image/jpeg');
        end
      else
        begin
          success := False;
        end;
    end;

  //  --------------------------------------------------------------
  //  --------------------------------------------------------------
  //  The MIME converted to XML:

  //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
  //  <mime_message>
  //      <header>
  //          <subject>Test email.</subject>
  //          <content-type boundary="------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0">multipart/alternative</content-type>
  //          <mime-version>1.0</mime-version>
  //      </header>
  //      <body>
  //          <subpart>
  //              <mime_message>
  //                  <header>
  //                      <content-type charset="utf-8" format="flowed">text/plain</content-type>
  //                      <content-transfer-encoding>7bit</content-transfer-encoding>
  //                  </header>
  //                  <body><![CDATA[This is a test.
  //  ]]></body>
  //              </mime_message>
  //          </subpart>
  //          <subpart>
  //              <mime_message>
  //                  <header>
  //                      <content-type boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB">multipart/related</content-type>
  //                  </header>
  //                  <body>
  //                      <subpart>
  //                          <mime_message>
  //                              <header>
  //                                  <content-type charset="utf-8">text/html</content-type>
  //                                  <content-transfer-encoding>8bit</content-transfer-encoding>
  //                              </header>
  //                              <body><![CDATA[<html><head>
  //  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
  //    </head>
  //    <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
  //      <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src="cid:part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com" height="20" width="20"></p>
  //    </body>
  //  </html>
  //  ]]></body>
  //                          </mime_message>
  //                      </subpart>
  //                      <subpart>
  //                          <mime_message>
  //                              <header>
  //                                  <content-type name="starfish20.jpg">image/jpeg</content-type>
  //                                  <content-transfer-encoding>base64</content-transfer-encoding>
  //                                  <content-id>&lt;part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com&gt;</content-id>
  //                                  <content-disposition filename="starfish20.jpg">inline</content-disposition>
  //                              </header>
  //                              <body>/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD//gAmRmlsZSB3cml0dGVuIGJ5IEFkb2JlIFBob3Rvc2hvcD8g
  //  NC4w/9sAQwAQCwwODAoQDg0OEhEQExgoGhgWFhgxIyUdKDozPTw5Mzg3QEhcTkBEV0U3OFBtUVdf
  //  YmdoZz5NcXlwZHhcZWdj/9sAQwEREhIYFRgvGhovY0I4QmNjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
  //  Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj/8IAEQgAFAAUAwERAAIRAQMRAf/EABcAAAMBAAAA
  //  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAX/xAAYAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEAP/aAAwDAQACEAMQAAAB2kZY
  //  NNEijWKddfTmLgALWH//xAAbEAACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMRAAQSE//aAAgBAQABBQL0XqN+
  //  pM2aqJGMiqFFCyg7z//EABwRAAICAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERAAIQIQMSUf/aAAgBAwEBPwHqU5aq
  //  Axx+y1tMQl4elj//xAAcEQEAAQUBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAABEQACEBIhA1H/2gAIAQIBAT8B3Bhqy7Zc
  //  enyiwmGgDhiOzj//xAAdEAABAwUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIREBIhIkFR/9oACAEBAAY/ArZyn+Cg
  //  xtxWuJaoCnqDuin/xAAcEAABBAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABEhYRAxQVH/2gAIAQEAAT8hkEwPUUR9
  //  DYfE4nxtRpIkBTsayuALIiuY/9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDWPTsf/8QAGhEAAwADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
  //  AAEREDFBIf/aAAgBAwEBPxC0DVPcWm+Ce4OesrkE6bjH/8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREA
  //  QRD/2gAIAQIBAT8QahMiOc8YgSrnTY3ELclHXn//xAAcEAEBAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFx
  //  EFH/2gAIAQEAAT8Qn3igmSZSj+c4N4zapMy9IjFV98wncN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q==</body>
  //                          </mime_message>
  //                      </subpart>
  //                  </body>
  //              </mime_message>
  //          </subpart>
  //      </body>
  //  </mime_message>
  //  

  //  --------------------------------------------------------------
  //  --------------------------------------------------------------
  //  The MIME sample file loaded at the beginning of this example
  //  contains the following MIME:

  //  Subject: Test email.
  //  Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
  //  	boundary="------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0"
  //  MIME-Version: 1.0
  //  
  //  --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
  //  Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed
  //  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
  //  
  //  This is a test.
  //  
  //  --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0
  //  Content-Type: multipart/related;
  //  	boundary="------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB"
  //  
  //  --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
  //  Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
  //  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
  //  
  //  <html><head>
  //  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
  //    </head>
  //    <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
  //      <p>This is a test.&nbsp; <img src="cid:part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com" height="20" width="20"></p>
  //    </body>
  //  </html>
  //  
  //  --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB
  //  Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="starfish20.jpg"
  //  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
  //  Content-ID: <part1.E16AE3B4.1505C436@chilkatsoft.com>
  //  Content-Disposition: inline; filename="starfish20.jpg"
  //  
  //  /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD//gAmRmlsZSB3cml0dGVuIGJ5IEFkb2JlIFBob3Rvc2hvcD8g
  //  NC4w/9sAQwAQCwwODAoQDg0OEhEQExgoGhgWFhgxIyUdKDozPTw5Mzg3QEhcTkBEV0U3OFBtUVdf
  //  YmdoZz5NcXlwZHhcZWdj/9sAQwEREhIYFRgvGhovY0I4QmNjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj
  //  Y2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nj/8IAEQgAFAAUAwERAAIRAQMRAf/EABcAAAMBAAAA
  //  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAX/xAAYAQADAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEAP/aAAwDAQACEAMQAAAB2kZY
  //  NNEijWKddfTmLgALWH//xAAbEAACAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMRAAQSE//aAAgBAQABBQL0XqN+
  //  pM2aqJGMiqFFCyg7z//EABwRAAICAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERAAIQIQMSUf/aAAgBAwEBPwHqU5aq
  //  Axx+y1tMQl4elj//xAAcEQEAAQUBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAABEQACEBIhA1H/2gAIAQIBAT8B3Bhqy7Zc
  //  enyiwmGgDhiOzj//xAAdEAABAwUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIREBIhIkFR/9oACAEBAAY/ArZyn+Cg
  //  xtxWuJaoCnqDuin/xAAcEAABBAMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABEhYRAxQVH/2gAIAQEAAT8hkEwPUUR9
  //  DYfE4nxtRpIkBTsayuALIiuY/9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDWPTsf/8QAGhEAAwADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
  //  AAEREDFBIf/aAAgBAwEBPxC0DVPcWm+Ce4OesrkE6bjH/8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREA
  //  QRD/2gAIAQIBAT8QahMiOc8YgSrnTY3ELclHXn//xAAcEAEBAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFx
  //  EFH/2gAIAQEAAT8Qn3igmSZSj+c4N4zapMy9IjFV98wncN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q==
  //  
  //  --------------A940F1230E6F0105F03DB2CB--
  //  
  //  --------------DB171738719FB06D67DEBAA0--
  //  


  mime.Free;
  xml.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.