Perl

Check Whether an Email Has an HTML Body

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.HasHtmlBody method, which returns true only when a text/html body is present in the current email object. This example sets an HTML body and confirms its presence.

Background: Because a message may contain a plain-text body, an HTML body, both, or neither, it is good practice to test before extracting. HasHtmlBody lets you decide whether to call GetHtmlBody or fall back to GetPlainTextBody — avoiding surprises when a sender provides only one representation.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Demonstrates the HasHtmlBody method, which returns true only when a text/html body is
# present in the current email object.

my $email = Chilkat2::Email->new;
$email->Subject('HasHtmlBody example');

$email->SetHtmlBody('<html><body><b>Hello in HTML.</b></body></html>');

if ($email->HasHtmlBody()) {
    print "The email has an HTML body.\n";
} else {
    print "The email does not have an HTML body.\n";
}