React Native

Get the Plain-Text Body of an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the text/plain content type. It reads the plain-text representation already present in the email object rather than generating one from HTML. This example sets a plain-text body and reads it back.

Background: The plain-text body is the fallback representation of a message — the version shown when HTML can't or shouldn't be rendered, and the form usually preferred for search, indexing, and accessibility. GetPlainTextBody targets it specifically; if the message contains only HTML, this returns empty (check with HasPlainTextBody), so a robust extractor falls back to GetHtmlBody when needed.

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import { Email } from '@chilkat/react-native'

function chilkatExample() {
  // Demonstrates the GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the
  // text/plain content type.  It reads the plain-text representation already present in the
  // email object.

  const email = new Email();
  email.subject = 'GetPlainTextBody example';

  email.setTextBody('Hello, this is the plain-text body.', 'text/plain');

  // Retrieve the text/plain body.
  const plain = email.getPlainTextBody();
  console.log(plain);
}