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SendRawEmail (HTML Email with PDF Attachment)

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Demonstrates how to use the SES SendRawEmail action to send an email with an attachment. Note: The total size of an SES email cannot exceed 10MB.

See SES SendRawEmail for more information.

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#include <C_CkEmailW.h>
#include <C_CkCrypt2W.h>
#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAwsW.h>
#include <C_CkXmlW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkEmailW email;
    const wchar_t *contentType;
    const wchar_t *mimeStr;
    HCkCrypt2W crypt;
    const wchar_t *mimeBase64;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkAuthAwsW authAws;
    const wchar_t *responseXml;
    HCkXmlW xml;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // Let's first prepare the email to be sent..
    email = CkEmailW_Create();
    CkEmailW_putCharset(email,L"utf-8");
    CkEmailW_putSubject(email,L"Test email with PDF attachment.");
    CkEmailW_SetHtmlBody(email,L"<html><body><p>This is a test <b>HTML email with a PDF attachment</b></p></body></html>");

    // The AddFileAttachment method returns the content-type selected based on the 
    // file extension.   This example has no need of using the return value..
    contentType = CkEmailW_addFileAttachment(email,L"qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf");
    if (CkEmailW_getLastMethodSuccess(email) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkEmailW_lastErrorText(email));
        CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

    // Add the From header, and some recipients.
    // The From address should be an email address verified for use
    // as a sender for your Amazon SES account.
    // The From address will also be the Source parameter for the SES SendRawEmail request.
    CkEmailW_putFrom(email,L"Chilkat Software <admin@chilkatdownload.com>");

    // Add recipients...
    // Note: We DO NOT add BCC recipients to the email.  A BCC address should not be
    // present in the MIME header of the email (otherwise it would not be "blind" because
    // other recipients would be able to see it).
    // These same addresses will be added as parameters to the SendRawEmail request.
    // (BCC addresses are added as parameters at that time.)
    CkEmailW_AddTo(email,L"Mr. Simulator",L"success@simulator.amazonses.com");
    CkEmailW_AddCC(email,L"Chilkat Support",L"support@chilkatsoft.com");
    CkEmailW_AddCC(email,L"Some Yahoo",L"somebody@yahoo.com");

    // Get the MIME of the email to be sent.
    mimeStr = CkEmailW_getMime(email);

    // We'll need the MIME base64 encoded for the SES REST request..
    crypt = CkCrypt2W_Create();
    mimeBase64 = CkCrypt2W_encodeString(crypt,mimeStr,L"utf-8",L"base64");

    // OK.. our MIME email is prepared.  Now use Chilkat REST to send it..

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    // such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    authAws = CkAuthAwsW_Create();
    CkAuthAwsW_putAccessKey(authAws,L"AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    CkAuthAwsW_putSecretKey(authAws,L"AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    // the region should match our URL above..
    CkAuthAwsW_putRegion(authAws,L"us-west-2");
    CkAuthAwsW_putServiceName(authAws,L"ses");

    CkRestW_SetAuthAws(rest,authAws);

    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"Action",L"SendRawEmail");

    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"RawMessage.Data",mimeBase64);

    // Add up to 100 TO, CC, and BCC recipients.
    // If your SES account is still in the sandbox, you also must verify every recipient email address except for the recipients 
    // provided by the Amazon SES mailbox simulator. (See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/mailbox-simulator.html)
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"Destination.ToAddresses.member.1",L"success@simulator.amazonses.com");
    // Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
    // Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
    // Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thank You!)
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"Destination.CcAddresses.member.1",L"support@chilkatsoft.com");
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"Destination.CcAddresses.member.2",L"somebody@yahoo.com");
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"Destination.BccAddresses.member.1",L"somebody@gmail.com");

    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"Source",L"admin@chilkatdownload.com");

    // Because there may be a large amount of data in the query params, use a POST
    // where the params are sent in the body of the HTTP Request.
    responseXml = CkRestW_fullRequestFormUrlEncoded(rest,L"POST",L"/");
    if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
        CkCrypt2W_Dispose(crypt);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        return;
    }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest) != 200) {
        wprintf(L"response status code = %d\n",CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
        wprintf(L"response status text = %s\n",CkRestW_responseStatusText(rest));
        wprintf(L"response header: %s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"response body: %s\n",responseXml);
        CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
        CkCrypt2W_Dispose(crypt);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
        return;
    }

    // Examine the successful XML response.
    xml = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_LoadXml(xml,responseXml);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkXmlW_getXml(xml));

    // To get the MessageId
    wprintf(L"MessageId: %s\n",CkXmlW_chilkatPath(xml,L"SendEmailResult|MessageId|*"));

    // A sample successful response:
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <SendEmailResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
    //     <SendEmailResult>
    //         <MessageId>010101579081d2c1-043c693f-5a23-4c64-a8c1-66187d3725a0-000000</MessageId>
    //     </SendEmailResult>
    //     <ResponseMetadata>
    //         <RequestId>e2b5b480-8a4e-11e6-85cd-21b1f1f6d432</RequestId>
    //     </ResponseMetadata>
    // </SendEmailResponse>


    CkEmailW_Dispose(email);
    CkCrypt2W_Dispose(crypt);
    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAwsW_Dispose(authAws);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);

    }