Rust

Convert MIME to XML

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetXml method, which converts the MIME tree to Chilkat's XML representation and returns it as a string. It takes no arguments. Header names become element names, structured header parameters become attributes, and duplicate headers become repeated elements.

Tip: Code to parse the returned XML can be generated at Chilkat Tools.

Background: Turning a MIME tree into XML exposes its structure in a form that ordinary XML tools can query and transform — useful for inspection, debugging, or feeding a message into an XML-based pipeline. It is the inverse of LoadXml, so a message can be round-tripped through XML. For a quick human-readable outline rather than a full representation, see GetStructure.

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// Demonstrates the Mime.GetXml method, which converts the MIME tree to Chilkat's XML
// representation and returns it as a string.  It takes no arguments.

let mime = chilkat::Mime::new();

if mime.load_mime_file("qa_data/message.eml").is_err() {
    println!("{}", mime.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Header names become XML element names and structured header parameters become XML attributes.
let Ok(xml) = mime.get_xml() else {
    println!("{}", mime.last_error_text());
    return;
};

println!("{}", xml);