Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
Outlook Send Email using MIME Format
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This example sends an email using MIME format via the Microsoft Graph Outlook REST API.Chilkat Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi) Downloads
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.HttpResponse,
Chilkat.Email,
Chilkat.StringBuilder,
Chilkat.JsonObject,
Chilkat.Http,
Chilkat.BinData;
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
procedure RunDemo;
var
success: Boolean;
http: THttp;
jsonToken: TJsonObject;
email: TEmail;
contentIdStarfish: string;
sbHtml: TStringBuilder;
numReplacements: Integer;
content: string;
bdMime: TBinData;
sbBase64: TStringBuilder;
resp: THttpResponse;
json: TJsonObject;
begin
success := False;
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
http := THttp.Create;
// Use your previously obtained access token here:
// See the following examples for getting an access token:
// Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
// Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
// Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
// Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
jsonToken := TJsonObject.Create;
success := jsonToken.LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json');
if (success = False) then
begin
WriteLn(jsonToken.LastErrorText);
Exit;
end;
http.AuthToken := jsonToken.StringOf('access_token');
// To send email, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
//
// POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
//
// (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
//
// The body of the POST request will contain the MIME source of the email in base64 format.
// Create a new email object
email := TEmail.Create;
email.Subject := 'Test Outlook API to Send HTML Email with Attachments';
email.From := 'Mary <mary@somewhere.com>';
email.AddTo('Joe','joe@example.com');
// Add a plain-text alternative body, which will likely never be seen.
// (It is shown if the receiving email client is incapable of displaying HTML email.)
email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody('This is a plain-text alternative body...');
// Our HTML will include an image, so add the related image here.
contentIdStarfish := email.AddRelatedFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
if (email.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
begin
WriteLn(email.LastErrorText);
Exit;
end;
// The src attribute for the image tag is set to the contentIdStarfish:
sbHtml := TStringBuilder.Create;
sbHtml.Append('<html><body><p>This is an HTML email with an embedded image.</p>');
sbHtml.Append('<p><img src="cid:CONTENT_ID_STARFISH" /></p></body></html>');
numReplacements := sbHtml.Replace('CONTENT_ID_STARFISH',contentIdStarfish);
email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(sbHtml.GetAsString());
// Finally, add some attachments to the email.
// Add a file attachment.
success := email.AddFileAttachment2('qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf','application/pdf');
if (success = False) then
begin
WriteLn(email.LastErrorText);
Exit;
end;
// Add an attachment where the content is contained in a string.
content := 'This is the content of the 2nd attached file.';
email.AddStringAttachment('someText.txt',content);
// Get the email as multi-line base64..
bdMime := TBinData.Create;
email.GetMimeBd(bdMime);
// Now get it as multi-line base64
sbBase64 := TStringBuilder.Create;
bdMime.GetEncodedSb('base64_mime',sbBase64);
// Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the email)
resp := THttpResponse.Create;
success := http.HttpSb('POST','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail',sbBase64,'utf-8','text/plain',resp);
if (success = False) then
begin
WriteLn(http.LastErrorText);
Exit;
end;
// The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
// In the success case, there is no response body. (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
if (resp.StatusCode <> 202) then
begin
json := TJsonObject.Create;
json.Load(resp.BodyStr);
json.EmitCompact := False;
WriteLn(json.Emit());
WriteLn('Failed, response status code = ' + resp.StatusCode);
end
else
begin
WriteLn('Outlook Mail Sent.');
end;
http.Free;
jsonToken.Free;
email.Free;
sbHtml.Free;
bdMime.Free;
sbBase64.Free;
resp.Free;
json.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.