Swift

Get a Summary of the MIME Structure

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetStructure method, which returns a concise summary of the MIME tree. The only argument selects the format: xml for XML, or text (the default for any other value) for a plain-text outline.

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: A real message can nest multipart containers several levels deep — a multipart/mixed holding a multipart/alternative of text and HTML plus attachments — and GetStructure renders that hierarchy at a glance without the full content. It is the fast way to understand or debug an unfamiliar message's layout, in either a readable text outline or machine-parseable XML.

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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    //  Demonstrates the Mime.GetStructure method, which returns a concise summary of the MIME tree.
    //  The only argument selects the output format: "xml" for XML, or "text" (the default) for a
    //  plain-text outline.

    let mime = CkoMime()!

    success = mime.loadFile(path: "qa_data/multipart_message.eml")
    if success == false {
        print("\(mime.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Get a human-readable text outline of the MIME structure.
    var structure: String? = mime.getStructure(fmt: "text")
    if mime.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(mime.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("\(structure!)")

}