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Send GMail with Attachments
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Demonstrates how to send an email containing attachments using the GMail REST API.Chilkat PHP Extension Downloads
<?php
include("chilkat.php");
$success = false;
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
$email = new CkEmail();
// The From name/address don't need to be specified.
// GMail will automatically use your Gmail address if the following 2 lines are omitted.
$email->put_FromName('My Name');
$email->put_FromAddress('my_account_name@gmail.com');
$email->AddTo('John Smith','somebody@somewhere.com');
// To add more recipients, make additional calls to AddTo or AddCC, one per recipient...
$email->put_Subject('This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.');
$email->put_Charset('utf-8');
$email->AddPlainTextAlternativeBody('This is a test');
// Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
$cid = $email->addRelatedFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
$sbHtml = new CkStringBuilder();
$sbHtml->Append('<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src=\'cid:STARFISH_CID\'/></body></html>');
$numReplacements = $sbHtml->Replace('STARFISH_CID',$cid);
$email->AddHtmlAlternativeBody($sbHtml->getAsString());
// Add some attachments..
$mimeType = $email->addFileAttachment('qa_data/helloWorld.pdf');
if ($email->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
print 'Failed to add PDF attachment.' . "\n";
exit;
}
$mimeType = $email->addFileAttachment('qa_data/msword/sample2.docx');
if ($email->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
print 'Failed to add MS-Word attachment.' . "\n";
exit;
}
// OK.. we now have an HTML email with 2 attachments..
$sbMime = new CkStringBuilder();
$email->GetMimeSb($sbMime);
// Send the email. (GMail has a 5MB limit on the total email size.)
$http = new CkHttp();
$http->put_AuthToken('GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN');
// Send using the simple upload request for the Gmail API
$url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send?uploadType=media';
$sendGzipped = true;
$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpSb('POST',$url,$sbMime,'utf-8','message/rfc822',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
exit;
}
// A status code of 200 indicates success.
print 'Response status code: ' . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\n";
print 'Response body:' . "\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\n";
// The response body contains JSON.
// Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
// to generate JSON parsing code.
// A sample successful JSON response:
// {
// "id": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
// "threadId": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
// "labelIds": [
// "SENT"
// ]
// }
?>