PureBasic

Set a MIME Body from a File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.SetBodyFromFile method, which reads a local file and sets it as the body, choosing content headers from the filename extension. The only argument is the file path.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is the one-call way to turn a file into a MIME part: Chilkat reads the bytes and infers the Content-Type and transfer encoding from the extension — .jpg becomes image/jpeg with base64, .txt a text type, and so on. It is the natural building block for adding an attachment, usually followed by setting a Content-Disposition and filename.

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IncludeFile "CkMime.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    ;  Demonstrates the Mime.SetBodyFromFile method, which reads a local file and sets it as the body,
    ;  choosing content headers based on the filename extension.  The only argument is the file path.

    mime.i = CkMime::ckCreate()
    If mime.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  The Content-Type and encoding are set from the ".jpg" extension (image/jpeg, base64).
    success = CkMime::ckSetBodyFromFile(mime,"qa_data/photo.jpg")
    If success = 0
        Debug CkMime::ckLastErrorText(mime)
        CkMime::ckDispose(mime)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "Content-Type: " + CkMime::ckContentType(mime)
    Debug "Encoding: " + CkMime::ckEncoding(mime)


    CkMime::ckDispose(mime)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure